NHL TV ratings 2023/2024
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Kirk Van Houten
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Here's hoping the SCF go 7 games.
Not sure what is the point of keeping the NHL Network on cable. It should've been sold to ESPN or Turner when the deals were negotiated either you have Turner make it what NBA TV is now or let ESPN make it what ACC/SEC Network are.
I would be willing to bet even with reduced subscribers due to cord cutting, operations costs, and whatever MLB gets to run it, NHLN still makes a profit for the league. Plus it gives the league a place for a decent chunk of shoulder programming. Which you don’t get with ESPN even on ESPN+
Tough competition from MLB on FOX tonight. Wouldn't be a good look if a SCF game lost to a regular season MLB game.
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Heard on local Vancouver sports radio up here the playoffs are averaging 4 mil viewers. North of the border hockey is King. Not too sure where it ranks down south.
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Well usually MLB regular season games on FOX don't go higher than 3M so yeah it's a tough matchup since it's Dodgers v Yankees but still I expect around 3.5M to 3.7M but it can go either way it feels like with Edmonton it's a wild card so any number can happen.
might be skewed w/ the London set between the Phillies and Mets which is on now....
What you probably heard is that Sportsnet is expecting less than 4M viewers per game in the SCF re: reporting about what they were charging for ads. Or the radio people said what you said but they were confused based off that same information.
Excluding French #'s, Canada is averaging 1.25M through the conference finals. Up 5% YoY.
U.S. is averaging 1.29M through the conference finals. Up 14% YoY.
Add the French #'s and Canada would be more but 4 million viewers per Stanley Cup Playoff game is an absurd conclusion.
Lot of Canadian #'s are posted in this thread -- including directly from Rogers/SN.
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There’s a spots show Saturday that deals with the business of sport. The host, Tom mayenknecht) said there were 4 million viewers up here. So about 4 times south of the border?
SN says they're averaging 1.25m so far.
4m number has been reported by others that it is SN's projection for SCF.
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It isnt averaging 4 million viewers in Canada.
Edmonton's series with Dallas averages 2.2 million viewers and Florida vs New York was 1.3 million viewers
that was really the only competition for NHL tonight.. no nba, no mlb.. Just this game on ABC on a sat night. Also, by the start of the 3rd period, the game became a blowout (8-2), so that's going to help the NHL rating tonight alot, and it wasn't a blowout, thank GOD. Edm was always in the game.
BTW, does anyone know if we'll ever get the Local ratings?? this is starting to get on my nerves. This is the 1st yr we don't get 1 local rating. Come on, this is 2024, not 1977.. we used to get them after every game and the top 10 markets for each game. We don't even get that anymore.. RIDICULOUS. i hope they'll eventually post them
Am i the only one that wants to see how Miami market did for gm1 and rounds 1 to 3?? Wouldn't it be nice to see celtics vs bruins for first 2 rounds?? or NYK vs NYR first 2 rounds?? Or if Stars came somewhat close to Mavs in first 3 rounds, or if mavs blew them out of the water..
I hope they at least post florida rating for this SC final. I'm hoping we get at least 10.0+ for the clinching game.. It just better not be 1.8 or i'll be pissed. Mind u, that wouldn't shock me at all.
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Fast nationals so it's gonna end at 3.2 or 3.3M which is 1M less than in 2022 and 500/600K higher than 2023. I expected 3.5M so it's not that off just a bit lower. By the way without counting the covid seasons 2020/2021 it's the lowest game 1 number on broadcast since 2012 when Kings and Devils had 2.9M for the opening game.
Game 3 ECF Fast National was 2.4M, final # was 2.459M. So possibly enough to bump it up to 3.2M when we get the full # on Tuesday.
ESPN PR did say it was up 12% from G1 last year, which roughly would be 3.083M (3.1M) so the Final # may go up to something like 3.14xM and keep it at 3.1M while having increased the four-digit.
Generally Game 2 is down from Game 1, which has happened the previous two years. In the NBC era that was usually because OTA-to-cable. But if any game this series drops below 3.0M it'd be Game 2. Hopefully not but it's a possibility based on history.
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I would imagine it would be slightly higher than the 2006 SCF between Edmonton and Carolina. Miami does not really move the needs for hockey viewership, as they are not a original 6 team, and have a small fan base. Edmonton is a small market Canadian tea,.
I hope it goes at least 6 games or this could be one of the lowest rated SCF.
I hope it goes at least 6 games or this could be one of the lowest rated SCF.
Remember that last year, it was on cable as TNT got the finals. All the games on ESPN will be on the local telly, so these ratings are a bit "meh," but it was always going to be "meh" considering a Canadian team is involved. I do understand that this series probably gets a slight boost due to the McDavid/Draisaitl factor. I was hoping for around 3.6 million as the average, but Florida should be gaining many new fans with these back-to-back Final appearances, so even if it might not show in the viewership this year, it will help 3-5+ years down the line.
I don't think anything will be as bad as the two series that came out of the lockout concerning Oilers/Hurricanes and Ducks/Senators. As long as this series is better than those, is all we can hope for IMHO.
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Not awful but not what it could’ve been with either the Rangers or Dallas (or both) in the finals. If the series goes 7 the series average will be in the high 3 million low 4 million range which is ok but I’m not sure it will go 7 because of how weak Edmonton’s defense and goaltending is. Florida is a wagon
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F*** off
Anisimovs AK
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Game 1 in 2006 was on cable, so it isnt a fair comparison anyway. Game 3 of that series, the first game on OTA, received 2.542 million viewers
This is probably 5 games. I agree with you, ratings will be average to below average. I think the first two games is fine given there's a Canadian team there.
