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UFL Outdraws NHL On Versus
by Paul on 10/10/09 at 01:10 PM ET
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via Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk,
The ratings are in for Thursday night’s debut of the UFL on VERSUS.
The good news is that the clash between the California Redwoods (whose uniforms are neither red nor made of wood) and the Las Vegas Locomotives reportedly generated better ratings than NHL coverage on VERSUS.
The bad news is that the numbers would raise eyebrows only if they were someone’s blood alcohol content.
According to UFLaccess.com, the game generated a 0.25 rating, with a 0.29 in the key demographic of men 18-40 years of age.
The numbers might have been much higher if VERSUS were still available on DirecTV.
added 5:22pm, The site has updated the story-
John Ourand of SBJ reports that the UFL debut was seen in 220,000 homes, and that the Tuesday night NHL game on VERSUS was seen in 405,000 homes. So maybe UFLaccess.com is getting its information from the same folks responsible for letting people know that, you know, a UFL game is actually going to be on television.
thanks to a KK reader for leaving a comment to advise.
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Total fabrication, with 425k viewers for Tuesdays game versus 200K for premier of this league. Also compared to opening night NHL at 825k this is a joke.
Posted by Miller on 10/10/09 at 01:32 PM ET
This story has now been corrected with an update. NHL doubled the UHL on Tuesday!
Posted by Miller on 10/10/09 at 04:20 PM ET
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