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NBC Seeing Great Ratings
by Alanah McGinley on 06/02/09 at 04:54 PM ET
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From CBS Sports:
Television ratings for the Stanley Cup Finals are off to their best start since 2002.
NBC said Tuesday that Games 1 and 2 averaged a 2.8 rating and 5 share. That’s up 17 percent from last year, when the first games on the network were Games 3 and 4. Versus showed Games 1 and 2 in 2008; the cable channel is broadcasting Games 3 and 4 this year.
The ratings were the highest for the first two games on NBC or ABC since 2002, when the Detroit-Carolina series averaged a 3.4/7.
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NBC Seeing Great Ratings
And I think that absolutely guarantees we’ll see a Game 5 in this series. If the Wings win tonight, you can count on the Pens getting at least a dozen power plays in Game 4...or more if that’s what it takes to get this series to a Game 5 on NBC this Saturday night.
And the best part of that for NBC is it won’t interfere with their new Wonder Boy’s late night show. In fact, it will give them just that many more opportunities to promote it. Lil’ Gary and the NBC brass must be having a circle-fest just thinking about that possibility.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 06/02/09 at 05:47 PM ET
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The ratings are nice, but I wonder if the casual viewer will come back for another peek.
Would you, if your first taste of hockey involved seeing Douche Canoe and Milbury and their intermission embarras-fest?
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste. Marie on 06/02/09 at 04:11 PM ET