NHL/hockey TV ratings 2024-25

[Joe from Maine]

Four Score: Strong start for new "Four Nations Face-Off"

The NHL may have something with its new "Four Nations Face-Off," which opened with a strong audience on TNT Wednesday.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

Strong ratings for start of 4 Nations Face Off. TNT was number one for the night for the male demo for ages 18-34, 18-49 and and 25-54. That includes network TV programs not just cable.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

Swedish ratings from Kanal 10(Channel 10)

ISHOCKEY NHL BUF-NEW sö(sunday) 2025-02-02 19:05(7pm) 19k

source: Rapporter för 2025 – MMS

 

[Chileiceman]

Better ratings than the winter classic and USA wasn't even playing. That bodes well.

 

[Reaser]

TNT was number one for the night for the male demo for ages 18-34, 18-49 and and 25-54. That includes network TV programs not just cable.

I'm not sure the PI list is including all networks (e.g. ESPN) for the sub-demos there.

 

[S E P H]

Great ratings, wow! I was very sceptical of this tourney originally myself.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

prediction USA-Finland 1.6 million

 

[Joe from Maine]

I'm not sure the PI list is including all networks (e.g. ESPN) for the sub-demos there.

Good catch. It had NBC, ABC, CBS, FS1, Fox News etc for sub-demo totals but not ESPN.

 

[Jussi]

prediction USA-Finland 1.6 million

Definitely not in Finland though.

 

[Reaser]

-Four Nations on ESPN Thursday-

USA-Finland: 1.548M

 

[Greatzsky 99]

Definitely not in Finland though.

I meant ESPN, do you have any NHL numbers in Finland you can post?

 

[Jussi]

I meant ESPN, do you have any NHL numbers in Finland you can post?

We won't know until Monday.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

-Four Nations on ESPN Thursday-

USA-Finland: 1.548M

We won't know until Monday.

It would be great if you could post them, you dont have any older ratings?

SPW article:

Four Nations Face-Off scores again as U.S.-Finland hits NHL season high

The NHL Four Nations Face-Off delivered another impressive audience Thursday night as the United States played its first game.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

 

[LadyStanley]

3.4m?

 

[GKJ]

USA/Canada on Saturday will do better than any NHL game this season and probably most playoff games too.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

3.4m?

? Does it not sound reasonable? about 1.85 in Canada.

 

[Reaser]

3.4m?

Canada-Sweden had 4.1M combined NA audience.

 

[Reaser]

-CANADA-

USA-Finland
Sportsnet: 1.1M

 

[Joe from Maine]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://programminginsider.com/thursday-ratings-espn-tops-key-adult-demographics-with-usa-finland-in-hockeys-4-nations-face-off/&ved=2ahUKEwjnlPWv38SLAxXZFFkFHd8vMi4QxfQBKAB6BAgNEAE&usg=AOvVaw210RYgWkVG4m7PUz69cqX-

The USA/Finland game was number one program in the US (Both network and cable) in all key demo categories. Saturday night USA/Canada feels like the moment is building. Let's hope for an overtime game.

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

Hoping this is the start to droping the All Star game soon

 

[NextBigThing]

Anything less than 5 million on ABC is a massive disappointment. Broadcast, no competition, and plenty of big names on the ice. I don’t want to hear any excuses.

 

[Reaser]

Hoping this is the start to droping the All Star game soon

Have one next year then we'll see. Still need something every other year during the 'break'.

Surely some of the to-date and likely to continue positive #'s are because these are teams (e.g. McDavid playing w/Crosby) we haven't seen. Been so long since the last true best-on-best there's a freshness/newness to this.

Every other year (Olympics & World Cup) you can keep that anticipation/as something that matters. If NHL sees the #'s for this and starts treating it like they did outdoor games ("we need a million of these games per season!") then instead of CAN-SWE doing 4.1M in NA it'll quickly become 1.5M in CAN and 500k in the U.S..

 

[Bixby Snyder]

Anything less than 5 million on ABC is a massive disappointment. Broadcast, no competition, and plenty of big names on the ice. I don’t want to hear any excuses.

I agree anything less than that the NHL should fold and Bettman forced to manage a Tim Hortons in Nunavut.

 

[Joe from Maine]

Anything less than 5 million on ABC is a massive disappointment. Broadcast, no competition, and plenty of big names on the ice. I don’t want to hear any excuses.

We can change the goal posts and try and set up a scenario where if it doesn't hit a certain viewership number is becomes a disappointment. The other option is to already view this as a tremendous success (I didn't think it would) and something to build on for 2028. USA/Finland led all demo's for younger viewers for all networks the other night. Don't recall anyone expecting that? This isn't the Olympics that had 26.7 viewers for USA/Canada gold medal game in US. It is a NHL made for TV event. With some competition from the NBA skills competition 3.5 million in the US would a good number and carry the night for viewership. 5 million would be great though! I agree.

 

[Bocephus86]

Let's be fair to the NHL here, they finally got something right and knocked this out of the park.