Ratings are pathetic

[Leaf Lander]

i thought the reasons behind leaving espn was nhl being delegated to espn2

and wasn't espn to cut the amount of games to be aired?

 

[Transported Upstater]

People need to face it....hockey will never be a big draw (TV-wise) in the U.S. We have too much quality programming over here as it is and there's just no room for hockey.

You know, quality shows like:

Airline
Amazing Race
American Casino
American Idol
America's Next Top Model
Apprentice, The
Apprentice: Martha Stewart
Average Joe
Battle of the Network Reality Stars
Beauty and the Geek
Big Brother
Breaking Bonaduce
Caesars 24/7
Criss Angel Mindfreak
Celebrity Fit Club
Cowboy U
The Cut
Dancing With The Stars
Dirty Jobs
Dream Job
Extreme Fakeover
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Family Plots
Fatty Koo
Flip That House
Filthy Rich
Gastineau Girls
Gene Simmons Rock School
Growing Up Gotti
Hidden Howie
Home Delivery
I Married A Princess
Inked
Intervention
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List
Kicked Out
Kill Reality
Knievel's Wild Ride
Kept
Kill Reality
The Law Firm
Made
Making It Big
Making The Band
Meet Mister Mom
Miami Ink
Minding The Store
Miracle Workers
Miss Seventeen
My Fair Brady
Nanny 911
Party @ The Palms
Pimp My Ride
Project Jay
Power Girls
Project Greenlight
Property Ladder
Real Gilligan's Island
Queer Eye For The Straight Girl
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
Real World Road Rules Challenge
Run's House
R U The Girl
Simple Life
Score
So You Think You Can Dance
Starting Over
Strip Search
Super Nanny
Surreal Life
Survivor
Treasure Hunters
Tommy Lee Goes To College
Wife Swap

AMEN!!!!!

 

[Transported Upstater]

Good US ratings + Hockey getting popular in the US = bad for Canadian hockey teams

No US ratings = NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR LEAGUE.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The TV critic (Michael Hiestand) in the USA TODAY (10/21) mentioned the woeful OLN ratings (he said the FLA-NYR game was tied for 386th ranked TV show) but followed it with "Fox Sports Net's regional NHL games suggests somebody is watching: Its ratings are up 36%."

 

[johnjm22]

How many homes does OLN reach?

I live in Southern CA of all places, and I don't get it.

I wish they would have stayed with ESPN.

 

[hockeytown9321]

How many homes does OLN reach?

I live in Southern CA of all places, and I don't get it.

I wish they would have stayed with ESPN.

Before Dish Netwrok threw them off, they were in about 65 million homes. ESPN2 is in around 90 million.

 

[Pens75]

FOX TV rating comparison...

- Pittsburgh Pirates averaged about a 4.5 rating for their recently completed season

- Pittsburgh Penguins season opener had a rating number of 7.5
- Detroit Red Wings season opener had a rating number of 8.1

- St. Louis Blues, up 24 percent to a 2.1
- Columbus Blue jackets, up 69 percent to a 2.2
- Boston Bruins, up 107 percent to a 2.9
- Pheonix Coyotes, up 140 percent to a 1.2
- San Jose Sharks, up 200 percent to a 1.5
- Tampa Bay Lightning, up 257 percent to a 2.5

- Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers game had a rating number of 0.4

 

[Claypool_*]

Good US ratings + Hockey getting popular in the US = bad for Canadian hockey teams

actually you're right. If hockey ever became as popular in the states as it is in Canada, not only would the NHL be in US cities only, but the entire league would consist of US players. I' not sure why there are Canadians who want the NHL to succeed in the US.

 

[Little Wing]

What is wrong with the deuce?The same people who produced the NHL on ESPN produced the NHL on ESPN2 which is located near ESPN on most cable and satellite systems.OLN has fewer subscribers.OLN is starting to remind me of the failed NHL on Sportschannel America experiment in the early 1990's

That is a trip. I remember when that happened although i remember something to that effect in the mid '80's
USA network with Al Trautwig used to broadcast hockey games and when their contract ran out, another cable company or whatever broadcast it and NHL hockey wasn't available in denver area until ESPN 2 started showing games. I think it was about a decade or more that we couldn't get a game.

 

[Transported Upstater]

How many homes does OLN reach?

I live in Southern CA of all places, and I don't get it.

I wish they would have stayed with ESPN.

Barstow...Is that near Baker, in the southeast? If it is, I give you credit for staying in that sort of heat

 

[DAebi1]

actually you're right. If hockey ever became as popular in the states as it is in Canada, not only would the NHL be in US cities only, but the entire league would consist of US players. I' not sure why there are Canadians who want the NHL to succeed in the US.

How do you figure that? Canadians still will have great players, regardless of how popular the game got here...

 

[Rand]

actually you're right. If hockey ever became as popular in the states as it is in Canada, not only would the NHL be in US cities only, but the entire league would consist of US players. I' not sure why there are Canadians who want the NHL to succeed in the US.

Even if hockey became the most popular sport in the US overnight there would still be Canadian players in the NHL.
The level of talent that Canada produces likely wouldn't be impacted to any real extent, it's the fringe Canadians in the NHL that might be pushed out to make room for Americans that might not otherwise have started playing hockey as kids.

Crosby etc' aren't suddenly going to lose all of their skills if Americans were more prominent in hockey though, and even if the entire nation took up the sport I can't imagine there wouldn't be a single Canadian god enough to make the NHL.

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

actually you're right. If hockey ever became as popular in the states as it is in Canada, not only would the NHL be in US cities only, but the entire league would consist of US players. I' not sure why there are Canadians who want the NHL to succeed in the US.

How so? The Canadian product would be much more entertaining than the US product (based on better talent).

 

[Bruinster*]

actually you're right. If hockey ever became as popular in the states as it is in Canada, not only would the NHL be in US cities only, but the entire league would consist of US players. I' not sure why there are Canadians who want the NHL to succeed in the US.

Hmm, Baseball is US national sport ?

Now maybe half of players come from outside US ? so your theory is off.

 

[Randall Graves*]

How do you figure that? Canadians still will have great players, regardless of how popular the game got here...

I believe he is using sarcasm...I hope it was anyways.

 

[Jacob]

I could care less about ratings. I love hockey, we all love hockey and if other people don't, screw them.

That's about the way I feel.

 

[Squiddy*]

actually you're right. If hockey ever became as popular in the states as it is in Canada, not only would the NHL be in US cities only, but the entire league would consist of US players. I' not sure why there are Canadians who want the NHL to succeed in the US.

Why wouldn't they? The league would be healthy and the cities get their fix of Pro Sports in its greatest state. If the league becomes wealthier the owners will too and it won't be a bad thing for population and vactioners. All that will happen is that the ticket prices will go up and the Fans will still have to support their teams win or lose. Than we will see which Canadian teams really have hardcore fans and which are just a farce. You can scratch Montreal and Toronto off the list automatically because we all know how great those two cities and fans are.