Game 1 Breaks Versus Record

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BfloBlog.com found this 5/27/2008 on www.kuklaskorner.com [flag]
Stamford, CONN. (May 26, 2008)—VERSUS, the exclusive cable television home of the NHL, garnered a 1.8 national HH rating and 2,315,824 total viewers (P2+) for its Game 1 telecast of the 2008 Stanley Cup Final on Saturday, May 24, when the Detroit Red Wings shut out the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-0, at Joe Louis Arena.  This was the highest-rated and most-watched game in the Stanley Cup ... [link]

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Stanley Cup Ratings Up? Yeah, They Better Be
Published 5/27/2008 by Kevin at BfloBlog.com
... I think Versus and the NHL are just a weeeee bit full of themselves. From a VS. press release, found via Kukla’s Korner: ...

Pistons the top draw on Saturday night.
Published 5/27/2008 by Paulsen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports Media Watch
For at least one night, Hockeytown took a backseat to Dee-troit Basketball. The Pistons' Eastern Conference Final went head to head with the Red Wings' Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night, with the former winning the ratings battle easily. Game 3 of the Celtics/Pistons Eastern Conference Final drew a 12.6 rating on ABC in Detroit, 50% higher than the 8.4 rating for Game 1 of the Penguins/Red Wings Stanley Cup Final on Versus. Much of the gap in ratings can be attributed to Celtics/Pistons airing on an over-the-air network (ABC) and Penguins/Red Wings airing on a cable network ...

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