Rangers ratings down 49%

[Megustaelhockey]

 

[Beliveau]

Smart fans.

 

[I Eat Crow]

I know I was part of that. I maybe watched 30 games all year. Just have better things to do other than watch an unlikeable team.

 

[Greg02]

Beyond the obvious, if they're counting streaming Gotham Sports App was so disastrous that I completely changed my approach to TV.

 

[Row I Goon]

I watched every game I could.

Call me a masochist….

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

i see that bedard couldn't keep those numbers propped up by himself.

i caught a few of their games this season. they were more entertaining than the ranger product we all endured. rangers, islanders, devils sans jack hughes, boston, nashville and calgary all sucked and offered no entertainment value.

i wonder if there's a chance this year if the ratings for all the playoff games will be higher than the nba playoffs. the games so far have been great. literally wars on ice.

 

[Cmox]

Everyone is free streaming it. There's many free options.

 

[Mike in Houston]

In Sam's final season too. The Rangers should hang their heads in shame.

 

[TGWL]

Well they lost a good chunk of their audience for a while when they dropped Optimum.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Second half the season was probably the least amount of Ranger games i've watched in my life.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

The team was completely unwatchable.

 

[LionsHeart]

Watching the team was like a second job. Outside of a few sick individuals like us, who’s going to watch that crap? It’s one thing to be a bad team, it’s another when the team didn’t even try.

 

[Raspewtin]

I watched less than half the games this season for the first time in at least 15 years. it was truly surreal.

well deserved drop.

 

[Machinehead]

I don't know how much of this is legit. Ratings are down for a number of products as the way we're consuming these products evolves.

 

[Kupo]

Been a fan since 88? 89? This was the fewest games I've ever watched in a season.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Second half the season was probably the least amount of Ranger games i've watched in my life.

Same, why tune in when you already know the result

 

[Bob Richards]

This is easily the least amount of games I’ve watched since the pre-lockout teams.

I watched more games during both COVID seasons and the 2013 strike year.

Didn’t feel like spending two and a half hours of my night to watch the Rangers put 14 shots on goal.

 

[Harbour Dog]

I'd have to go back to pre-Hank to find a season when I watched fewer games.

And no regrets. It was liberating to know I could put the pipe down when I felt like it.

 

[will1066]

I'd have to go back to pre-Hank to find a season when I watched fewer games.

And no regrets. It was liberating to know I could put the pipe down when I felt like it.

 

[RangersFan]

Oh no, better rig that lottery Gary. Rangers surely couldn't ruin another lottery pick? right?

 

[Irishguy42]

Numbers are down b/c Optimum had a fight with MSGN and the Gotham Sports App sucks donkey dick but ended up getting fixed.

Not big news, tbh. It'll be way more informative next year. I have no doubt viewership was down, but not 49% come on let's be real.

 

[nyr2k2]

When they went through that dismal stretch earlier on the season where it looked like everyone quit, I stopped watching. I did come back, although the last 20 or so games I would tune in and out. The last mostly complete game that I watched was the last game, just to see the Sam festivities.

 

[Machinehead]

I don't think I watched any less than I normally do but I've been cooked on this team since they got rid of Stralman LMAO

 

[zlev]

i only watched for Sam the last half of the season

 

[Matt Rentfree]

I watched every game I could.

Call me a masochist….

Well, you're Australian, so 'massie' is probably more appropriate.