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Big Ratings For Wings/Penguins On Versus
by Paul on 03/24/10 at 08:58 AM ET
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (March 24, 2010)- VERSUS, the fastest growing sports cable network in the country, earned a .7 National HH rating and averaged 622,000 viewers for the March 22 Detroit Red Wings/Pittsburgh Penguins game making it VERSUS’ highest-rated and most-watched NHL regular season game in network history and the most-watched NHL regular season telecast on cable since 2004. The game peaked at a .9 National HH rating and 760,000 viewers during the live telecast.
Monday night’s game surpassed VERSUS’ previous highs set by the Washington Capitals/Philadelphia Flyers game on October 27, 2009 in terms of HH rating (.6) and the Toronto Maple Leafs/Detroit Red Wings 2008/09 season-opening game on October 9, 2008 in average viewership (577,000).
Locally, Pittsburgh delivered a 6.7 HH rating and Detroit earned a 4.7 HH rating making VERSUS the top-rated cable network and also one of the top networks (among both cable and broadcast) in both cities.
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“Coincidentally….the network’s recent re-addition to DirecTV had nothing to do with the increased ratings.”
Beat me to it! Oh, the insanity.
Posted by Krononymous on 03/24/10 at 01:56 PM ET
And they all got to see the Wings win and Sidney turn into a temper tantrum throwing baby.
That puts a smile on my face.
Posted by scotts0 from New York on 03/24/10 at 02:32 PM ET
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“Coincidentally….the network’s recent re-addition to DirecTV had nothing to do with the increased ratings.”
Posted by 42jeff from Minot, North Dakota on 03/24/10 at 10:39 AM ET