BobColesNasalCavity
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Wilbon and Stephen A said they wouldn’t be surprised if it was 14-15m watching last night.
NHL/hockey TV ratings 2024-25
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That is Canada and US combined. Still a great number if that can be reached
CokenoPepsi
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-4 Nations Championship on ESPN-
USA-CANADA: 9.252M
USA-CANADA: 9.252M
4mats4
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Massive number, absolutely fantastic!
Greatzsky 99
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Would have been better long-term if USA won.
Nonetheless, close to 9.5 million on cable is insane. Absolute insanity.
Nonetheless, close to 9.5 million on cable is insane. Absolute insanity.
GKJ
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LadyStanley
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"ever" only goes back to 1994 when Nielsen changed their measurements.
That's why the phrase "on record" (back to 1994) exists.
Actual U.S. record # is 1971 Game 7 SCF 12.41M on CBS.
But the "on record" record is 8.72M for 2019 SCF Game 7 on NBC,
Also don't note that OOH measurement wasn't included for the 2019 game, which if you est a 20% OOH # that 2019 Nielsen rating would have been est 10.47M. In other words it's likely more people watched 2019 Game 7 than 4 Nations Championship but Nielsen's measurement changed.
Just for the information.
Down massive from 2010 Olympics. Hockey has really plummeted in both Canada and USA.
It's good for the ongoing Canadian rights discussions but U.S. presumably would be included since it'll be replacement for ASG (unlike 2016 where it wasn't during the NHL season) so Disney particularly is owed their midseason event.
Kirk Van Houten
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Wow
Four Nations Face-Off ends with milestone audience for Canada's OT win
An audience approaching ten million viewers watched the final game of the Four Nations Face-Off, capping the NHL's biggest success story in some time
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"marking the largest audience for an NHL-sanctioned game in the Nielsen people-meter era (dates back to 1988). The previous high was 8.72 million for Blues-Bruins Game 7 in the 2019 Stanley Cup Final, a game that took place before Nielsen began including out-of-home viewing in its estimates. (All things being equal, that game likely would still rank as the most-watched.)"
If one goes back further, the Four Nations final ranks as the most-watched NHL game since Game 6 of the 1973 Stanley Cup Final (Canadiens-Blackhawks: 9.41M) and the fourth-most watched all-time, according to historical data released by then-rightsholder NBC 15 years ago.
Among all non-football sportscasts, Canada-United States ranks as the most-watched since Game 5 of the Dodgers-Yankees World Series back in October (18.15M), the most-watched on cable since the UConn-Purdue NCAA men’s basketball national championship on TNT Sports last April (14.82M), and the most-watched on ESPN since the Iowa-UConn NCAA women’s basketball national semifinal last April (14.42M).
Four Nations Face-Off ends with milestone audience for Canada's OT win
An audience approaching ten million viewers watched the final game of the Four Nations Face-Off, capping the NHL's biggest success story in some time
"marking the largest audience for an NHL-sanctioned game in the Nielsen people-meter era (dates back to 1988). The previous high was 8.72 million for Blues-Bruins Game 7 in the 2019 Stanley Cup Final, a game that took place before Nielsen began including out-of-home viewing in its estimates. (All things being equal, that game likely would still rank as the most-watched.)"
If one goes back further, the Four Nations final ranks as the most-watched NHL game since Game 6 of the 1973 Stanley Cup Final (Canadiens-Blackhawks: 9.41M) and the fourth-most watched all-time, according to historical data released by then-rightsholder NBC 15 years ago.
Ha, so SMW said what I did, other than he goes back to 1988 but I believe 1994 is what the "NHL" goes back to for their "on record." SBJ said 1994, as well.
Regardless, SMW made the same point I did.
You can give Disney money back on the deal, if they don’t buy the rights (they would likely be the buyer).
Logistically because it’s bigger and they will have to strike a deal with the European federations and league, they probably have to spin the World Cup operations into a separate entity (that the NHL and PA have a controlling stake in).
Could a difference between broadcast and cable. The people meter measurements overall could go back 1988, but the in record for cable just to 1994. Remember the NHL basically had no games on broadcast networks from the late 70’s until 1995.
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They had the time-buy games on ABC in 93 & 94, as well as the NBC ASGs.
Sort of moot since it's the early 70s games that have the U.S. NHL viewership 'records' and moreso that 2019 SCF G7 didn't have the benefit of OOH.
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Holy shit.
I’m not too surprised since so many non hockey fans that I know tuned into the game
I’m not too surprised since so many non hockey fans that I know tuned into the game
Anisimovs AK
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And imagine if they listened to me from day 1 and put in on ABC instead of ESPN?? I predicted 10M viewers on ESPN and that # could've been close to doubled if it was on ABC.
World Series deciding game of the NYY/LAD thriller had 18M viewers and those were the 2 biggest and most popular markets and it was on network tv. ABC reaches out to double as many housholds as ESPN. So there's a chance this NHL game could've beat the deciding WS game thriller between the 2 most popular teams in baseball and 2 biggest markets. Imagine that... none of us would've thought this was remotely possible 2 weeks ago. An NHL non playoff game beating a MLB WS deciding game
That's how great this game was for us. U did it Bettman, we are proud of u. But u know he's still getting booed when he hands over the cup in JUNE... and deservedly so..
World Series deciding game of the NYY/LAD thriller had 18M viewers and those were the 2 biggest and most popular markets and it was on network tv. ABC reaches out to double as many housholds as ESPN. So there's a chance this NHL game could've beat the deciding WS game thriller between the 2 most popular teams in baseball and 2 biggest markets. Imagine that... none of us would've thought this was remotely possible 2 weeks ago. An NHL non playoff game beating a MLB WS deciding game
That's how great this game was for us. U did it Bettman, we are proud of u. But u know he's still getting booed when he hands over the cup in JUNE... and deservedly so..
That number is awesome. Now they have to figure out how to get those people to turn into playoff games.
