chicagotribune.com - 1/4/2009
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The Winter Classic on NBC Thursday at Wrigley Field had the NHL 's best overnight regular-season television rating in nearly 13 years, a 12 percent increase over last year's event in Buffalo. This year's outdoor game between the Blackhawks and Red Wings earned a 2.9 overnight rating and a 6 ...
youtube.com - 1/3/2009
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youtube.com —
(posted by NHL Video) Over seven minutes of
the best from the NBC live telecast on New...
Year's Day at Wrigley Field. --- All 10 goals are included with other key action from the 2nd annual NHL Winter Classic where over 40,000 spectators saw the Chicago Blackhawks host the Detroit Red Wings...
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Video: OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTS --- NHL Winter Classic --- ...
fromtherink.com - 1/3/2009
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fromtherink.com —
NHL Winter Classic 2009, broadcast New Year's Day
on NBC from historic Wrigley Field, earned a 2.9...
overnight rating and a 6 share (1-4:15 p.m. ET), the best overnight NHL regular season rating in nearly 13 years (Feb. 3, 1996 on Fox, six-game ...
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Florida tunes in the Winter Classic
sports.yahoo.com - 1/3/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
Vince Vaughn hasn't looked this thrilled since the
reviews for "Fred Claus" were published. A snippet of...
their imagined conversation: "I gotta say that I really liked the way you handled that Avery thing, Mr. Commissioner. He's just ...
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When Vince met Gary and other celebrities at the Winter ...
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Fang's Bites —
... writes that the U.S. Open Tiger Woods-Rocco Mediate playoff was his TV higlight of 2008. DonWalker of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says after being given a number of extensions, the Minnesota Vikings finally sold out their Wild Card playoff game to prevent a local TV blackout today. Michael Zuidema of the Grand Rapids Press writes that the Big Ten Network broadcasters are impressed by Michigan's start. Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune says the NHL Winter Classic rated the highest in the Windy City. Barry Horn of the Dallas ...
Winter Classic Gets Massive Ratings: Good Hockey, or Bad Bowl Games?
The Big Lead —
... Winter Classic Ratings: “The Winter Classic on NBC Thursday at Wrigley Field had the NHL’s best overnight regular-season television rating in nearly 13 years, a 12 percent increase over last year’s event in Buffalo.” Wonder what would have happened if the other networks put mildly interesting bowl games up against it. (Chicago Tribune) ...
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Ratings Up for 2009 Winter Classic
nhl.fanhouse.com 1/4/2009 — The good news for the NHL keeps rolling in after Thursday's display at Wrigley Field, as the early television numbers for NBC are looking good. According to Bloomberg , the overnight ratings registered a 2.9 number nationally, up 12 percent from last ...
BREAKING NEWS: NBC Draws 2.9, Up 12% From 2008, For Winter Classic
puckthemedia.wordpress.com 1/2/2009 — This comes to us from Gene Laverty of Bloomberg:
The game at the home of baseball’s Chicago Cubs was the third annual outdoor contest and had an overnight rating of 2.9, according to Nielsen Media Research. That tops the 2.6 rating for last year’s ...
NHL Winter Classic does even better in ratings than '08
weblogs.newsday.com 1/3/2009 — Now it's REALLY official: The Winter Classic is the best thing to happen to the NHL in years.
Even without the novelty of snow in Buffalo for the inaugural game, Red Wings vs. Blackhawks at Wrigley Field bettered the TV ratings in 56 major markets ...
Winter Classic draws 2.9 overnight.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 1/2/2009 — Ratings perked up for the second Winter Classic.
NBC drew a 2.9 overnight rating for the the Red Wings' 6-4 win over the Blackhawks at Wrigley Field, up 12% from a 2.6 for last year's Penguins/Sabres game at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The 2.9 overnight is ...
Winter Classic Ratings
kuklaskorner.com 1/3/2009 — from Gene Laverty of Bloomberg,
The Detroit Red Wings’ 6-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks yesterday at Wrigley Field topped last year’s National Hockey League outdoor game by 12 percent in preliminary television ratings.
The game ...
Winter Classic final ratings up 14%.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 1/10/2009 — Ratings jumped for the second edition of the NHL Winter Classic.
The Red Wings' win over the Blackhawks, which took place at Chicago's Wrigley Field, drew a 2.5/5 final rating on NBC on New Year's Day. The 2.5 rating marks a 14% increase over a 2.2 ...
Winter Classic wins ratings war in Chicago
fromtherink.com 1/7/2009 — Courtesy of the local NBC affiliate in Chicago:
I'll leave it to others to interpret what, exactly, these numbers mean, but NBC certainly seems excited (!) about it.
The ratings game.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 1/13/2009 — The second NHL Winter Classic drew 4.4 million viewers on NBC New Year's Day, up 17% from 3.7 million for last year's Winter Classic, and the most viewers for a regular season NHL game since 1975. The 4.4 million viewers surpassed the 4.1 million for ...
Ratings even for NHL on NBC.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 1/21/2009 — After another strong performance for the Winter Classic, ratings for the NHL on NBC fell back to earth.
NBC drew a 1.1/3 overnight rating for the Penguins' win over the Rangers on Sunday afternoon, even with last year's comparable Bruins/Rangers ...
Blackhawks beat Flames 5-2 —
Boston.com -- Hockey news 1/5/2009
Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves, Martin Havlat, Andrew Ladd and Patrick Sharp each had a goal and an assist, and the Chicago Blackhawks rebounded from consecutive losses to Detroit to beat Calgary 5-2 on Sunday night.
