*2014-15 NHL TV Ratings*

[IU Hawks fan]

IU hawks fan,

If you get time will you post the locals for Thursday nights action?

I am curious to see how the blues did with a 9:30 local start after 4 days off and the Cardinals losing during the 1st intermission.

Game three of coyotes please.

Sorry guys, I was out of town since Friday with no computer and can't pull from my phone.

Blues did a 2.6, peaking at 4.1 at 10:45. The uptick began at 10:15, which looks to be about when the Cards ended, as FS1 dropped from 30.2 to 10.5.

Coyotes:
WED - 0.7
SAT - 0.5

 

[Brick City]

Sorry guys, I was out of town since Friday with no computer and can't pull from my phone.

Blues did a 2.6, peaking at 4.1 at 10:45. The uptick began at 10:15, which looks to be about when the Cards ended, as FS1 dropped from 30.2 to 10.5.

Coyotes:
WED - 0.7
SAT - 0.5

I'm afraid to ask, especially since October numbers probably stink, but you have Devils ratings for the first few games?

 

[Galchenioretty]

Is it surprising Habs get more TV viewers French + English than the Leafs do? I feel like it's pretty surprising.

 

[Fenway]

Is it surprising Habs get more TV viewers French + English than the Leafs do? I feel like it's pretty surprising.

Not surprising at all. Last spring RDS had this many viewers watching in French.

 

[frivolousz21]

Sorry guys, I was out of town since Friday with no computer and can't pull from my phone.

Blues did a 2.6, peaking at 4.1 at 10:45. The uptick began at 10:15, which looks to be about when the Cards ended, as FS1 dropped from 30.2 to 10.5.

Coyotes:
WED - 0.7
SAT - 0.5

Thanks man. that's not that bad all things considered.

 

[ebox99]

http://canadiansportsfan.wordpress.com/


RATINGS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 12

1. NHL, Pens-Leafs/Habs-Flyers/Sens-Lightning/Flames-Blues/Caps-Bruins, Saturday, Rogers: 2,230,000
2. NHL, Oilers-Canucks/Sharks-Jets, Saturday, Rogers: 1,310,000
3. NHL, Leafs at Rangers, Sunday, City: 1,007,000
4. NFL, Cowboys at Seahawks, Sunday, CTV: 921,000 (US viewers not counted)
5. CFL, Bombers at Eskimos, Monday, TSN: 843,000
6. CFL, Roughriders at Alouettes, Monday, TSN: 782,000
7. CFL, Ticats at Argonauts, Friday, TSN: 636,000
8. NFL, Pats-Bills/Packers-Dolphins/Lions-Vikes, Sunday, CTV: 606,000 (US viewers not counted)
9. NHL, Hockey Night In Canada pre-game, Saturday, CBC: 545,000
10. MLB, Royals at Orioles, Friday, Sportsnet: 503,000
11. NFL, 49ers at Rams, Monday, TSN: 482,000
12. MLB, Royals at Orioles, Saturday, Sportsnet: 466,000
13. CFL, RedBlacks at Lions, Saturday, TSN: 424,000
14. NFL, Giants at Eagles, Sunday, TSN: 370,000 (US viewers not counted)
15. MLB, Giants at Cardinals, Sunday, Sportsnet: 370,000
16. MLB, Giants at Cardinals, Saturday, Sportsnet: 304,000 (US viewers not counted)
17. NFL, Bronocs at Jets, Sunday, TSN: 294,000
18. NHL, Rogers Hometown Hockey, Sunday, City: 262,000
19. NFL, Bears at Falcons, Sunday, TSN: 196,000
20. MLS, Whitecaps at Sounders, Saturday, TSN: 180,000
21. Auto racing, NASCAR Bank of America 500, Sunday, TSN2: 161,000
22. Auto racing, F1 Russian Grand Prix, Sunday, TSN: 110,000

RATINGS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 19

1. NHL, Leafs-Wings/Avs-Habs/Jackets-Sens/Bruins-Sabres, Saturday, Rogers: 2,200,000
2. NFL, Vikes-Bills/Panthers-Packers/Seahawks-Rams/Bengals-Colts, Sunday, CTV: 893,000 (US viewers not counted)
3. NFL. Giants-Cowboys/Chiefs-Chargers, Sunday, CTV: 873,000 (US viewers not counted)
4. NHL, Lightning at Canucks, Saturday, CBC: 885,000
5. CFL, Eskimos at Riders, Sunday, TSN: 732,000
6. NHL, Red Wings at Maple Leafs, Friday, Sportsnet Ontario: 723,000
7. CFL, Alouettes at Argos, Saturday, TSN: 591,000
8. CFL, Stamps at Bombers, Saturday, TSN: 565,000
9. NFL, 49ers at Broncos, Sunday, TSN: 492,000 (US viewers not counted)
10. NHL, Hockey Night In Canada pre-game, Saturday, CBC: 478,000
11. NHL, Canucks at Oilers, Friday, Sportsnet West/Pacific: 461,000
12. CFL, RedBlacks at Ticats, Friday, TSN: 413.000
13. NHL, Flames at Oilers, Sunday, City: 407,000
14. Auto racing, NASCAR Geico 500, Sunday, TSN: 380,000
15. NHL, Hometown Hockey pre-game, Sunday, City: 156,000
16. Gymnastics, World artistic championships, Saturday, CBC: 126,000
17. MLS, Impact at Toronto FC, Saturday, TSN: 107,000
18. Soccer, Tottenham at Manchester City, Saturday, TSN: 98,000
19. Soccer, EPL late games, Saturday, TSN: 97,000

 

[Fenway]

RATINGS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 19

1. NHL, Leafs-Wings/Avs-Habs/Jackets-Sens/Bruins-Sabres, Saturday, Rogers: 2,200,000

Hockey is the story Saturday and it is getting interesting. Rogers’ CBC broadcast between Toronto and Detroit drew only 1,328,000, down sharply from the week before. The West game between Vancouver and Tampa Bay drew 877,000. These are both well down from what CBC used to score. City iced another game, Montreal at Colorado, and it did 661,000. Sportsnet had yet another game–featuring Ottawa: 192,000. TSN did much better with its CFL tilt Calgary vs. Winnipeg: 565,000.

 

[JoseChung]

Apologies if this is a dumb question (I'm new here ) but is there a way to get GameCenter viewing figures or are they already included in the figures above?

 

[Fenway]

Apologies if this is a dumb question (I'm new here ) but is there a way to get GameCenter viewing figures or are they already included in the figures above?

Welcome

The NHL has those figures but does not release them.

 

[frivolousz21]

Any locals for the Saturday night line up?

I would think the blues and hawks did pretty well.

 

[Hawkscap]

Any locals for the Saturday night line up?

I would think the blues and hawks did pretty well.

In Chicago,

http://wgntv.com/2014/10/27/blackhawks-on-wgn-tv-outhit-the-world-series/

CHICAGO, October 27, 2014 – In a head-to-head match-up Saturday and Sunday nights, the Blackhawks games on WGN-TV beat the World Series on WFLD-TV among Chicago Households and key demographic segments. Saturday night, the Blackhawks lost 3-2 to the St. Louis Blues in their first game since their playoff series last spring. Approximately 184,500 households tuned in Saturday night. Sunday night, the Blackhawks beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 behind rookie goalie and Chicago area native Scott Darling. Approximately 165,600 households tuned in Sunday night.

 

[frivolousz21]

In Chicago,

http://wgntv.com/2014/10/27/blackhawks-on-wgn-tv-outhit-the-world-series/

last years 1st round the blues local ratings were up a lot from the previous two years.

And most of that is certainly thanks to playing Chicago.

IIRC the Hawks also crushed their 1st round ratings last year.

 

[ehornick]

New York ratings?

Do you have Rangers/Isles/Devils ratings for games so far?

Also -- any idea how Boychuk return did in Boston ratings (10/23)?

 

[Fenway]

NBCSN should see a slight spike tonight as there is no local TV in Minnesota tonight for Wild at Bruins. NESN is showing the game in NE.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

So what you're really saying is the game will be much worse than other games where both markets are watching their broadcast.....

 

[Fenway]

So what you're really saying is the game will be much worse than other games where both markets are watching their broadcast.....

Tuesday games on NBCSN are usually blacked out in the home markets unlike Wednesday and some other games that are exclusive, so tonight should do better than your average Tuesday night game.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

They're not "usually" blacked out, it's all completely depends on how many games a team has scheduled with them. NBC can only have I think it's 12 games per team air in the market.

So obviously, they select to have their non-Wednesday games air later in the season and force the RSNs to take the early season games.

 

[Fenway]

Here are the most-watched English-language sports events on Canadian televsion for last weekend, according to Numeris overnight ratings:

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...series-defies-the-odds-221708641.html#more-id


1. NHL, Bruins-Leafs/Devils-Sens/Wings-Flyers/Rangers-Habs, Saturday, CBC: 2,200,000
2. NFL, Colts at Steelers, Sunday, CTV: 784,000
3. NFL, Bills-Jets/Bears-Pats/Seahawks-Panthers, Sunday, CTV: 748,000
4. NHL, Hockey Night In Canada pregame, Saturday, CBC: 684,000
5. CFL, Lions at Blue Bombers, Saturday, TSN: 680,000
6. CFL, Ticats at Argonauts, Saturday, TSN: 601,000
7. World Series, Royals at Giants, Saturday, Sportsnet: 599,000 (Fox viewers not measured)
8. CFL, Roughriders at Stampeders, Friday, TSN: 594,000
9. World Series. Royals at Giants, Friday, Sportsnet: 554,000 (Fox viewers not measured)
10. World Series, Royals at Giants, Sunday, Sportsnet: 541,000 (Fox viewers not measured)
11. NHL, Capitals at Flames, Saturday, CBC: 496,000
12. CFL, Alouettes at RedBlacks, Friday, TSN: 424,000
13. NFL, Lions vs. Falcons, Sunday, TSN: 423,000
14. NHL, Senators at Blackhawks, Sunday, City: 407,000
15. Auto racing, NASCAR Goody's 500, Sunday, TSN: 378,000
16. NFL, Packers at Saints, Sunday, TSN: 363,000 (NBC viewers not measured)
17. NHL, Rogers Home Town Hockey pregame, Sunday, City: 259,000
18. NHL, Canucks at Avalanche, Friday, Sportsnet One: 232,000
19. EPL, Chelsea at Manchester United, Sunday, Sportsnet: 228,000
20. NFL, Eagles at Cardinals, Sunday, TSN: 181,000
21. MLS, Rapids at Whitecaps, Saturday, TSN: 165,000
22. EPL, Hull City at Liverpool, Saturday, Sportsnet: 108,000
23. EPL, Leicester at Swansea, Saturday, Sportsnet: 106,000
24. Football, NCAA games, Saturday, TSN: 103,000
25. Soccer, Canada vs. Japan, Saturday, Sportsnet: 76,000

 

[Fenway]

Here the Quebec TV numbers for the week ending October 19th and the Habs are doing quite nicely in French.


Palmarès des émissions - Québec francophone / Top programs - Québec Franco
Du 13 octombre au 19 octombre 2014 / October 13th to October 19th, 2014

This may come as a shock to some of you but HNIC did NOT crack the Top 30 of all programs on Canadian TV in the October 13-19th ratings period.


October 13 - October 19, 2014 (National)

HNIC did crack the Top 30 on the first Saturday night however.

October 6-October 12, 2014 (National)

The chart at bottom says they rate ALL English specialty networks which is how Sportsnet is classified with the CRTC. For example TSN cracked the Top 30 with a CFL game in August.

 

[Swarez]

Hockey is the story Saturday and it is getting interesting. Rogers’ CBC broadcast between Toronto and Detroit drew only 1,328,000, down sharply from the week before. The West game between Vancouver and Tampa Bay drew 877,000. These are both well down from what CBC used to score. City iced another game, Montreal at Colorado, and it did 661,000. Sportsnet had yet another game–featuring Ottawa: 192,000. TSN did much better with its CFL tilt Calgary vs. Winnipeg: 565,000.

Isn't it because you can now watch 3 games at 7pm on HNIC at 7pm instead of 1?

 

[The CyNick]

It's odd reading these reports that don't understand the difference between how HNIC worked last year vs this year with Rogers.

bottom line needs to be how many people were watching hockey at 7PM EST last year vs this. From what i can tell, it's not much of a difference.

 

[saskganesh]

Those are good CFL ratings.

 

[Kite]

It's odd reading these reports that don't understand the difference between how HNIC worked last year vs this year with Rogers.

bottom line needs to be how many people were watching hockey at 7PM EST last year vs this. From what i can tell, it's not much of a difference.

Roughly same number of people spread out over more games.

 

[The CyNick]

Roughly same number of people spread out over more games.

right, so everybody panic!

 

[Fenway]

Here are the most-watched English-language sports events in Canada from the past weekend, ( October 31, November 1-2, 2014 according to Numeris overnight ratings:


1. NHL, Hawks-Leafs/Sens-Bruins/Jets-Rangers/Caps-Lightning/Sabres-Pens, Saturday, CBC/Rogers: 2,100,000
2. NHL, Canucks at Oilers, Saturday, CBC: 1,100,000
3. NFL, Broncos-Pats/Raiders-Seahawks, Sunday, CTV: 1,054,000
4. NHL, Leafs at Blue Jackets, Friday, Sportsnet Ontario: 737,000
5. NHL, Hockey Night In Canada pre-game, Saturday, CBC: 638,000
6. NHL, Flames at Canadiens, Sunday, City: 595,000
7. CFL, Blue Bombers at Stampeders, Saturday, TSN: 584,000
8. CFL, Lions at Eskimos, Saturday, TSN: 553,000
9. NFL, Cards-Cowboys/Skins-Vikes/Chargers-Dolphins, Sunday, CTV: 532,000
10. NFL, Ravens at Steelers, Sunday, TSN: 531,000 (NBC audience not measured)
11. Figure skating, Skate Canada ice dance, Saturday, CTV: 497,000
12. CFL, Ticats at RedBlacks, Friday, TSN: 495,000
13. Auto racing, NASCAR Texas 500, Sunday, TSN: 476,000
14. CFL, Argos at Alouettes, Sunday, TSN: 463,000
15. Curling, Masters men's final, Sunday, Sportsnet: 308,000
16. Curling, Masters women's quarters, Saturday, Sportsnet: 307,000
17. Curling, Masters women's final, Sunday, Sportsnet: 264,000
17. Soccer, Manchester United at Manchester City, Sunday, TSN: 264,000
19. NHL, Hometown Hockey pre-game show, Sunday, City: 224,000
20. Figure skating, Skate Canada pairs free, Saturday, CTV: 192,000
21. Figure skating, Skate America, Saturday, CBC: 166,000
22. Curling, Masters round robin, Friday, Sportsnet: 158,000
23. Figure skating, Skate Canada ladies free, Saturday, TSN: 152,000
24. NBA, Raptors at Magic, Saturday, Sportsnet 360: 149,000
24. Curling, Masters men's quarters, Saturday, Sportsnet: 149,000
26. NHL, Kings at Red Wings, Friday, Sportsnet East & Pacific: 147,000
27. Auto racing, F1 U.S. Grand Prix, Sunday, TSN: 138,000 (NBC viewers not measured)
28. Curling, Masters morning round robin, Friday, Sportsnet: 135,000
29. NBA, Raptors at Heat, Sunday, TSN2: 133,000
30. Soccer, Queen's Park at Chelsea, Saturday, Sportsnet: 129,000


It shows Raptors have no traction outside of Toronto and curling remains strong.

Hometown Hockey is not catching on as of yet.