Originally posted by Hawk-eye: I wonder why thet spend so much time practicing for a game that is 95% happenstance.
I wonder why, with all that practice, they still can't control the puck for more than a few seconds.
Well, there are two teams on the ice at the same time going after the puck, so if one team is controlling the puck for a long period of time it is more a reflection of the other teams poor performence. Hockey is a difficult sport for Non-fans to follow and understand (which you obviously don't). However, to watch that five minute stretch in the third period, when there were no whistles, great athletic play, some monster hits and some awe inspiring, pretzel bending, saves by both goalies, and say that this is an unpractised, happenstance, sport would simply be foolish.
Originally posted by filmkr27: does anyone know where they list everyday who is on what talk show for the day. I know the nypost does it, but on the print version, usatoday does the print version too but is not complete. Anyone know of a place online?
http://www.interbridge.com/lineups.html
Love that site. It always has everything at least a week out, and often 2-3 weeks. Also makes it clear what's a repeat and what's new.
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Originally posted by sportsfanprisonbreaksarahconnor: NHL is a joke.....why NBC still broadcasts that incredible boring sport is beyond me.
As has already been said, NBC pays nothing for the broadcast rights, so they've got nothing to lose. Despite low ratings by normal prime-time standards, the broadcasts are profitable. It also helps that hockey has a nice collection of loyal sponsors that will buy ads regardless of the ratings.
And anyone who says hockey is boring has obviously never been to a game in person. It's the most exciting sport when you're there live. Also, it's much better on TV these days, thanks to HD.
PS: You should be the poster child for screenname character limits.
Originally posted by WlcmInPlainSight90210: I don't think Farmer Wants A Wife is a loser at all. Those numbers are higher than Pussycat Dolls, Crowned, B&TG, all of the comedies, and some episodes of GG and Reaper. All when it faced Idol and summer ratings slump. If CW was smart, they would give the series a mid-season pickup. It is doing very well for CW in a filler role. CW has a winner here (based on their standards).
I completley agree! Farmer Wants a Wife cant be that expensive to produce and if one of there fall shows fail they have it on backup.
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Apparently those in Detroit prefer happenstance play over basketball:
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Pittsburgh's 3-2 win on Wednesday night earned a 2.8 national rating and an 18.2 rating in Detroit, beating out the 15.9 rating for the Pistons' matchup with the Boston Celtics.
Game 5 of the NBA's Eastern Conference finals drew a 5.3 national rating.
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The combination of Games 1, 2 and 3 have made this the highest-rated and most-watched opening games of the Stanley Cup finals since Detroit faced Carolina in 2002.
The rating for Wednesday night's game represented an 87-percent increase over last year's Game 3 between Anaheim and Ottawa.
Originally posted by Hawk-eye: Well, there are two teams on the ice at the same time going after the puck, so if one team is controlling the puck for a long period of time it is more a reflection of the other teams poor performence.
No. Lack of control is a refelection of the sport's design. Football and basketball both demonstrate that a team can control the 'ball' for more than a few seconds without it being about poor performance on the part of the defense. Even soccer players can control the ball for more than a few seconds. Hockey players cannot maintain control because they play on a tiny rink compared with the speed/'bounciness' of the 'ball'. The result is a large number of mostly random deflections off walls, skates, etc...
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Hockey is a difficult sport
Which doesn't change the fact that there are very valid reasons why it is the least watched of the major sports. Airing the games in HD or highlighting the puck with a glow streak isn't going to fundamentally change the sport into something that a large number of people will want to watch.
Originally posted by Hawk-eye: Apparently those in Detroit prefer happenstance play over basketball:
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Pittsburgh's 3-2 win on Wednesday night earned a 2.8 national rating and an 18.2 rating in Detroit, beating out the 15.9 rating for the Pistons' matchup with the Boston Celtics.
Game 5 of the NBA's Eastern Conference finals drew a 5.3 national rating.
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The combination of Games 1, 2 and 3 have made this the highest-rated and most-watched opening games of the Stanley Cup finals since Detroit faced Carolina in 2002.
The rating for Wednesday night's game represented an 87-percent increase over last year's Game 3 between Anaheim and Ottawa.
If the hockey game got such a high rating in Detroit, and I am sure a really high rating in Pittsburgh, and it only got 4.5 million viewers, I guess that means very few people must have watched from the rest of the country.
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Well, there are two teams on the ice at the same time going after the puck, so if one team is controlling the puck for a long period of time it is more a reflection of the other teams poor performence. Hockey is a difficult sport for Non-fans to follow and understand (which you obviously don't). However, to watch that five minute stretch in the third period, when there were no whistles, great athletic play, some monster hits and some awe inspiring, pretzel bending, saves by both goalies, and say that this is an unpractised, happenstance, sport would simply be foolish.
Very well said. And I agree...that long stretch in the 3rd with no whistles was some phenomenal action...er, happenstance!
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Originally posted by Hawk-eye: Well, there are two teams on the ice at the same time going after the puck, so if one team is controlling the puck for a long period of time it is more a reflection of the other teams poor performence.
No. Lack of control is a refelection of the sport's design. Football and basketball both demonstrate that a team can control the 'ball' for more than a few seconds without it being about poor performance on the part of the defense. Even soccer players can control the ball for more than a few seconds. Hockey players cannot maintain control because they play on a tiny rink compared with the speed/'bounciness' of the 'ball'. The result is a large number of mostly random deflections off walls, skates, etc...
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Hockey is a difficult sport
Which doesn't change the fact that there are very valid reasons why it is the least watched of the major sports. Airing the games in HD or highlighting the puck with a glow streak isn't going to fundamentally change the sport into something that a large number of people will want to watch.
Well I don't recall stating that I thught hockey would ever be a highly viewed sport on TV. Nor do I think there is something fundementally wrong with those who don't like the sport. My only objection is to your comment that the action on the ice is 95% happenstance, which it seems to me was offered as an objective opinion. And objectively speaking, it is baseless to claim that 95% of what happens on the ice is happenstance.
Originally posted by Zedman2: Douglas, the link doesn't seem to work. Everytime I try, I get sent to an Error Page which states 'Did not find any data for this TOPIC'
Were the Detroit numbers from Versus or Windsor's CBET (CBC, Channel 9?), since they also carry the Stanley Cup Finals? That station is easy to pick up since Windsor is right across the border from Detroit.
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Originally posted by Hawk-eye: Apparently those in Detroit prefer happenstance play over basketball:
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Pittsburgh's 3-2 win on Wednesday night earned a 2.8 national rating and an 18.2 rating in Detroit, beating out the 15.9 rating for the Pistons' matchup with the Boston Celtics.
Game 5 of the NBA's Eastern Conference finals drew a 5.3 national rating.
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The combination of Games 1, 2 and 3 have made this the highest-rated and most-watched opening games of the Stanley Cup finals since Detroit faced Carolina in 2002.
The rating for Wednesday night's game represented an 87-percent increase over last year's Game 3 between Anaheim and Ottawa.
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