The LA Bandwagon is Growing - Ratings are in for Game 1

[TonySCV]

A sign the bandwagon is truly growing in LA: Game 1 of 2012 Final drew a 4.2 rating in the market. Game 1 last night drew a 7.1.

http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/nbc-off-to-a-good-start-in-the-stanley-cup-final.html

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[Phil2]

Two of the biggest markets in the USA surely helps to boost the ratings ;o

also, I'd say there's a whole bunch of people rooting against the Rangers haha

 

[Reclamation Project]

Classless!!!

 

[Whiskeypete]

all Kings fans are bandwagon fans, didn't you know? LA isn't a real hockey market, so none of us are true fans

 

[johnjm22]

Interesting chart from Google Trends. You can see the bump in interest during the 2012 Cup Run as compared to now.



Interest in the Kings by city:

 

[TonySCV]

The LA Market (DMA) represents 5,665,780 households. If I'm translating this correctly, a 7.1 rating for LA means that 7.1% of 5,665,780 households were watching the game = 402,270 TV's had the game on. Pretty great.

 

[KBA4life]

I'm too lazy to look it up, how many estimated total eyeballs tuned in from the LA and SD markets combined?

 

[TonySCV]

I'm too lazy to look it up, how many estimated total eyeballs tuned in from the LA and SD markets combined?

No one has posted a rating for San Diego's DMA yet, so I can't tell you.

 

[Ron*]

No one has posted a rating for San Diego's DMA yet, so I can't tell you.

Is Orange County included in the LA market? If so, it's not just 5 million, it's closer to 14 million.

 

[TonySCV]

Is Orange County included in the LA market? If so, it's not just 5 million, it's closer to 14 million.

The rating is households with a TV, not # of people watching the TV. Anyone that receives KNBC is in LA's DMA, so yes, OC is included.

 

[tsanuri]

Is Orange County included in the LA market? If so, it's not just 5 million, it's closer to 14 million.

It's households not people. And it includes LA, Ventura, SB, Riverside, and parts of Kern. Or it use to.

 

[johnjm22]

I never want to say anything bad about the 2012 cup run. It was amazing and I'll remember it forever, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed by the lack of buzz it generated for hockey in Southern California. I remember 92-93 being more impactful.

I always felt like because the 2012 run came out of nowhere, happened so fast, and the Kings were so dominant, that it didn't actually give people enough time to catch on. Being up 3-0 in each series there was very little drama relatively speaking.

This time around has been very different. The playoff run has been as long as possible, and it's been filled with dramatic moments. Its generated much more buzz. Even where I live out here in the desert people are talking about the Kings. I was at a bar for game 7 of the Chicago series, and people were cheering everytime the Kings scored, and were hugging each other when the Kings won the game. It's never been like this before. People used to get mad at me when I would go to a sports bar and try and get them to show the Kings. Now I don't even have to ask because it's already on.

I hope it sparks a hockey renaissance in Southern California like the early and mid 90's.

 

[tsanuri]

92-93 was that way because of one person named Gretzky. If not for him the hype wouldn't have been there.

 

[johnjm22]

92-93 was that way because of one person named Gretzky. If not for him the hype wouldn't have been there.

He was part of it, but there was a lot of factors that came together at the same time that really propelled hockey around that time.

 

[etherialone]

Pointing out how great these finals are going to be especially after we win is just so classless.