NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs TV ratings

Updated: Blackhawks-Lightning Game 6 is most-watched NHL game since 2013

June 16, 2015

Update: the game averaged 8.005 million viewers, slightly less than the 8.2 million for game 6 of Blackhawks-Bruins in game 6 of 2013. The game did a 4.4/8 national household rating/share and a 2.8/10 adults 18-49 rating/share. The Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup Final four games to two drew a 5.6 overnight household rating, which is the 3rd-best Stanley Cup Final…

Blackhawks-Lightning Stanley Cup Final Game 5 does 3.8 overnight rating

June 14, 2015

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The Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final to take a 3-2 series lead averaged a 3.82 overnight rating on NBC. That 3.82 rating was down from the 4.6 in last year’s game 5, but last year’s game 5 had several differences: it was on a Friday, the game had 2 overtimes and it was the deciding game of the series. Top local markets: Chicago:…

Lightning-Blackhawks, PTI, USA-Germany lead cable sports nets for Wednesday June 10, 2015

June 11, 2015

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The Chicago Blackhawk’s win over the Tampa Bay Lightning to even their Stanley Cup Final series at two games apiece topped all cable sports programming (and all of cable for that matter) for the day with an average of 3.914 million viewers and a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating on NBCSN. ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption averaged 948,000 viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating. The USA-Germany international friendly averaged 668,000 viewers…

Lightning-Blackhawks Stanley Cup Final Gm 4 does a 2.9 overnight rating

June 11, 2015

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The Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final to even the series at 2 games apiece averaged a 2.9 (2.93) overnight rating, That edges out Game 3 as the 2nd highest overnight rating for a Stanley Cup Final game ever on NBCSN. The rating was 6% higher than last year’s game 4 which was a potential series clincher. Top local market ratings: Chicago: 22.2 Tampa: 13.9…

Lightning-Blackhawks Hockey, USA-Australia Women’s World Cup lead cable sports for Monday June 8, 2015

June 9, 2015

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Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final where the Tampa Bay Lightning won to take a 2-1 series lead averaged 3.896 million viewers and a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating on NBC Sports Network. That’s up a fairly huge 35% versus last year’s Ducks-Rangers game 3 (also on NBCSN) that averaged 2.893 million viewers and a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. The USA women’s first group stage match versus Australia in the…

Dear Reddit: Enjoy the Hockey versus Soccer meme

June 9, 2015

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In Monday’s overnight ratings (top 56 markets out of 210 overall) 2.14% of households, on average, watched the USA-Australia Women’s World Cup match on Fox Sports 1 vs a 2.88 for the Tampa Bay Lightning-Chicago Blackhawks game 3 on NBC Sports Network. That’s a pretty healthy beat-down in the overnights. Blackhawks nation! Chicago had a massive 24 local rating in their local market Tampa Bay had a not-Chicagoan, but still impressive…

Lightning-Blackhawks Stanley Cup Final Gm 3 does a 2.9 overnight rating

June 9, 2015

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The Tampa Bay Lightning’s 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final to take a 2-1 series lead averaged a 2.9 overnight rating (2.88). That’s up 14% vs. last year’s Rangers-Kings game 3 and the second-best ever Stanley Cup Final game on NBCSN. Still, it’s down around 40% from the Belmont Stakes-boosted game 2 on NBC Saturday evening. We’ll have viewership numbers in our…

Belmont Stakes Viewership down from last year + Blackhawks-Lightning Game 2 sets records

June 8, 2015

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American Pharoah won the first Triple Crown since 1978, but as with the overnight ratings, viewership for the Belmont Stakes was down from last year. The “race portion” coverage from 6:15-7:15 averaged 18.6 million viewers. Down from the 20.6 million last year. But during the quarter hour that included the actual race (6:45-7p ET) peaked with 22 million viewers. Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Chicago Blackhawks…

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