NHL TV ratings 2022/2023
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Worth noting that the Bolts-Ducks game was TNT's first non-exclusive NHL game, ever. It was on Bally Sports Sun Extra in the Tampa market.
Also, Face Off (pregame) did 198K and Postgame did 123K.
Doesn’t matter. Advertisers hate wrestling fans. They believe almost all of them are uneducated, low class. (And from my life experience they’re right in that assumption). Compare the commercials of an NHL game to a wrestling program. The wrestling show will be fast food, skittles, video games, etc.
Decent number for two single market telecast
Coinneach
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NHL TV ratings 2022/23
10/11/2022 Rangers - Tampa Bay 744k (ESPN)
10/11/2022 Los Angeles - Vegas 556k (ESPN)
10/12/2022 Boston - Washington 629k (TNT)
10/12/2022 Chicago - Colorado 526k (TNT)
10/18/2022 Philadelphia - Tampa Bay 494 (ESPN)
10/18/2022 Los Angeles - Nashville 339 (ESPN)
10/19/2022 Philadelphia - Florida 338k (TNT)
10/19/2022 St. Louis - Seattle 300k (TNT)
10/23/2022 Anaheim - Detroit 187k (ESPN)
10/25/2022 Colorado - Rangers 750k (ESPN)
10/25/2022 Vegas - San Jose 319k (ESPN)
10/26/2022 Rangers - Islanders 550k (TNT)
10/26/2022 Tampa Bay - Anaheim 270k (TNT, non-exclusive)
1/11/2022 Boston - Pittsburgh 699k (ESPN)
1/11/2022 Anaheim - San Jose 234k (ESPN)
2/11/2022 Pittsburgh - Buffalo 236k (TNT, non-exclusive)
6/11/2022 Toronton - Carolina 213k (ESPN)
8/11/2022 Edmonton - Tampa Bay 374k (TNT)
8/11/2022 Nashville - Seattle 175k (TNT)
9/11/2022 Pittsburgh - Washington 408k (TNT)
9/11/2022 Minnesota - Anaheim 183k (TNT, non-exclusive)
10/11/2022 Rangers - Tampa Bay 744k (ESPN)
10/11/2022 Los Angeles - Vegas 556k (ESPN)
10/12/2022 Boston - Washington 629k (TNT)
10/12/2022 Chicago - Colorado 526k (TNT)
10/18/2022 Philadelphia - Tampa Bay 494 (ESPN)
10/18/2022 Los Angeles - Nashville 339 (ESPN)
10/19/2022 Philadelphia - Florida 338k (TNT)
10/19/2022 St. Louis - Seattle 300k (TNT)
10/23/2022 Anaheim - Detroit 187k (ESPN)
10/25/2022 Colorado - Rangers 750k (ESPN)
10/25/2022 Vegas - San Jose 319k (ESPN)
10/26/2022 Rangers - Islanders 550k (TNT)
10/26/2022 Tampa Bay - Anaheim 270k (TNT, non-exclusive)
1/11/2022 Boston - Pittsburgh 699k (ESPN)
1/11/2022 Anaheim - San Jose 234k (ESPN)
2/11/2022 Pittsburgh - Buffalo 236k (TNT, non-exclusive)
6/11/2022 Toronton - Carolina 213k (ESPN)
8/11/2022 Edmonton - Tampa Bay 374k (TNT)
8/11/2022 Nashville - Seattle 175k (TNT)
9/11/2022 Pittsburgh - Washington 408k (TNT)
9/11/2022 Minnesota - Anaheim 183k (TNT, non-exclusive)
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Isn't 270,000 relatively good for late-night NHL, esp. with Anaheim involved? I was actually fearing under 200,000!
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It's a decent number for NHL late. Plus this game was non exclusive, so the Lightning had their own telecast which if they didn't, the game might have topped 300k
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Tuesday’s Avalanche-Rangers NHL regular season game averaged a 0.41 rating and 750,000 viewers on ESPN, nearly doubling Golden Knights-Avalanche opposite the World Series last year (0.24, ~385K) and the most-watched game of the young season. Viewership surpassed Lightning-Rangers on Opening Night (744K). The Golden Knights-Sharks nightcap chipped in 319,000.
On TNT the following night, Rangers-Islanders drew a 0.28 and 550,000, leading into Lightning-Ducks with 270,000 viewers. TNT drew a 0.19 and around 300,000 for a solo Flyers-Oilers game last year. Rounding out the recent action, Ducks-Red Wings drew a season-low 187,000 in a rare Sunday matinee on ESPN last weekend.
Isles Shawn
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Guess the NHL was right, you'll watch with digital board ads whether you like it or not.
4mats4
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699,000 for Penguins-Bruins and 234,000 for Ducks-Sharks. Really good number for the early game. Good look for the league if they can keep these 7pm games in that area
They were 8pm games but your point still stands.
Unfortunately that's the end of the ESPN Tuesday 8pm games. The next three ESPN games are all Sunday's H2H with the NFL -- like the lowest rated national game of the season so far was (Red Wings-Ducks.) Then there's a Tuesday game in mid-December but it's a late Colorado start (9:30pm ET) then more Sunday games into 2023 when ESPN shifts to their more Thursday heavy schedule.
725k average for the 8pm game on ESPN the last two Tuesdays. Last weeks 750k was explained by "no competition" but a week later 699k with the same start time as the World Series, and going against NBA on TNT and even the first "MACtion" Tuesday. A really good number. Again, unfortunate that once ESPN seemingly found a time slot that delivers (Tues 8pm) that it's over and now we get to look forward to hoping Sunday ESPN games can at least break 200k.
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Ah damn, look at me not verifying the start times before posting, d'oh!
The hope now is that ESPN can see this Tuesday 8pm success and add more of it to the schedule next season. They definitely added more NHL coverage early in the season from last year to this year so maybe they'll wisen up and continue to add and tweak the schedule next season. I get that they're only contracted to air a certain number of games on cable per season since the big selling point of this deal were the ESPN+ exclusive games, however, the optimist in me thinks they could see the Tuesday 8pm success and turn it into like a "Tuesday NHL game of the week on ESPN" type thing and ditch the late game and take those late games and move them to addition 8pm Tuesday starts. Probably a pipe dream but damn that would be a nice 1-2 punch of Tuesday 8pm ESPN and TNT Wednesdays for the NHL
Yeah those Sunday afternoon games are just being trotted out to die. Fans of the teams will watch but you're gonna get 0 causal viewers up against the NFL like that.
The deal was for 25 games on linear (ABC/ESPN) and 75 on espn+/Hulu. Year 1 ended up being 28 and 77, respectively. I was hoping for a more 50/50 split and we got that this season. 50 on linear (14 on ABC, 35 on ESPN, 1 on espn2) and 53 on espn+/Hulu.
So it's at least reasonably fair to hope for some more 'tweaking' to their schedule. Whatever that may be.
Exactly on the Sunday games coming up. Next is Leafs-Canes. A Canadian team and a team that doesn't draw [viewership] outside of the triangle. Going H2H with the NFL so there wouldn't and won't be many casual fans anyway. Not expecting that to be a good number.
TheNumber4
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Where are these numbers coming from? I want to look up Oilers game? Does ESPN and TNT not do Oilers games though,
On TNT last night.
Penguins v. Sabres 236k
Postgame: 120k
Not a good number but was another non-exclusive. Pittsburgh had the game locally.
Penguins v. Sabres 236k
Postgame: 120k
Not a good number but was another non-exclusive. Pittsburgh had the game locally.
4mats4
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They're the viewership numbers for U.S. National broadcasts (ABC, ESPN, espn2 and TNT.)
Come back in a week and you'll see an Oilers game listed. This coming Tuesday they play the Bolts on TNT.
In two weeks, a Wednesday on TNT they play the Kings.
The rest of the Oilers U.S. national TV schedule is:
On TNT:
WED NOV 30 against Chicago
WED DEC 21 against Dallas
WED JAN 25 against Columbus
WED MAR 22 against Arizona
WED APR 5 against Anaheim
On ESPN:
TUES APR 4 against Los Angeles
TUES APR 11 against Colorado
They also have five national games exclusively shown on espn+/Hulu but we don't get viewership for those.
Here's the six national linear games they had last season if you were interested in that:
Wednesday, Oct 27, 2021
10 PM ET: Flyers vs Oilers - 296K (TNT)
Wednesday, Dec 1, 2021
10 PM ET: Penguins vs Oilers - 212K (TNT)
Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022
7 PM ET: Oilers vs Capitals - 275K (TNT)
Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022
7:30 PM ET: Oilers vs Lightning - 315K (TNT)
Wednesday, Mar 9, 2022
8 PM ET: Capitals vs Oilers - 290K (TNT)
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022
7 PM ET: Oilers vs Penguins - 337K (ESPN)
TheNumber4
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Wow. Great post. Thanks exactly what I was looking for and then some. Excuse the lack of a like (warning points for being too real).
The NHL ratings seem to be very Market based, like the bigger the market, the bigger the numbers. NHL fans seem to care only about their local team.
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Tuesday’s Bruins-Penguins NHL regular season game averaged a 0.38 rating and 699,000 viewers on ESPN, the third-largest audience of the young season, with ESPN accounting for each of the top three. The Ducks-Sharks nightcap drew 234,000. The network did not carry any games on the comparable night last season.
On TNT Wednesday, Penguins-Sabres drew a 0.14 and 236,000, the network’s least-watched game of the season.
Tuesday’s Bruins-Penguins NHL regular season game averaged a 0.38 rating and 699,000 viewers on ESPN, the third-largest audience of the young season, with ESPN accounting for each of the top three. The Ducks-Sharks nightcap drew 234,000. The network did not carry any games on the comparable night last season.
On TNT Wednesday, Penguins-Sabres drew a 0.14 and 236,000, the network’s least-watched game of the season.
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| 50 | NHL REGULAR SEASON L | ESPN | 5:00 PM | 33 | 0.07 | 213 |
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It likely would have been similar with NBCSN?
Was the hoped-for sizzle with ESPN and TNT a dream?
Still way too early to assess?
Anisimovs AK
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On a Sunday during football season?
No it would have been way lower.
Ive been following hockey religiously since 1996 and I honestly cant remember national tv games on Sunday during football season
Last night on TNT:
Oilers-Lightning: 374k
Predators-Kraken: 175k
TNT pregame got 204k
The Point on espn2 got 79k
Oilers-Lightning: 374k
Predators-Kraken: 175k
TNT pregame got 204k
The Point on espn2 got 79k
Yep.
And we'll never know how much a drop the NBA would see as well on Sunday afternoons...because ESPN would never, ever think of sticking them there, right?
Last night on TNT:
Penguins-Capitals: 408k
Wild-Ducks: 183k (non-exclusive)
Pregame: 174k
Postgame: 77k
Penguins-Capitals: 408k
Wild-Ducks: 183k (non-exclusive)
Pregame: 174k
Postgame: 77k
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