I'd say those were pretty decent NHL numbers last nite. The TA number exceeded what last year's series did in games 3 and 4 (slightly over 4mm). Last year's built to 6.25mm in the big game 5 overtime thriller and 6.78mm for the game 6 wrap up.
Overall, I'd say the outlook for the NHL is pretty good. This is what they need, a rivalry to develop in the finals. This is the first time in 25 years that the same two teams made it to the finals in consecutive years.
Also on the horizon is the revival of the Chicago Blackhawks, a name that still resonates, and possibly the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference. Unfortunately, alot of the even successful expansion teams never really developed into brands and thus the continued mystique of "The Original 6."
The move to VS on the weeknites this week will stall the momentum this year but if the series goes on I expect pretty good numbers.
Pittsburgh is an emerging hockey brand and the Wings alone bring some of the lost viewers back.
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Originally posted by Julie: Hockey is huge in Detroit, considering it's just about the only sport we're good in. Go Red Wings!
While its good Detriot can finally be happy about something, I'd rather have the Pens win. It's time for some revenge! GO PENS!
LOL - Well, Red Wings are already up 1 game. Seriously, they're on fire this year, again. I see them taking the series 4-0 this year.
Ratings talk - NHL is very lucky to have the Wings.
Hockey talk - as a Blackhawk fan, trying to call this series down the middle, I would say Pittsburgh will give the Wings at least a slightly tougher series. Chicago gift-wrapped 4 goals in the first two games, and Pittsburgh's defense is more experienced. But one thing I noticed last nite was that the Wings were getting through the neutral zone better than they did against Chicago. Bad news for Pittsburgh.
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Originally posted by Julie: At least Harper's Island did better than fellow burnoff Pushing Daisies. We finally learned about how and why Wakefield killed everyone on the island the first time, as it was another good episode of Harper's Island.
BTW, CBS will be airing a 2 hour finale of it on July 11, 9-11pm.
Alright, hockey is on the rise and this is a fast start for the league.
For people who don't understand why the NHL and NBC were a winner last night its b/c it was not only first in every half-hour in viewers and demo on a Saturday Night against the NBA at that but mainly b/c the NHL rarely tops 2-3 million viewers for Game 1 in their Stanley Cup Finals so to get 5 million viewers the first time out, this is huge.
The NHL will have the grand stage tonight on a higher hut-level night with no competition from the NBA. The only real competition will be the baseball coverage on ESPN 1 & 2 with the exciting Women's Softball Eliminations and Cubs/Dodgers on the mothership.
I expect the NHL to definitely top 5 million viewers but the Pens really need to win tonight or a close game in order for the momentum to carry for the league. Don't be surprised if you 6 million viewers inside of one of the half-hours on the ratings tomorrow.
Harper's Island scored as good as it could and once the sports competition settles down after next week then you can expect it do be back in the 4-5 million viewer range.
Well ABC Saturday is just a loser.
I'm more worried about FOX's combo of COPS and AMW and how bad they have slipped. Like I said before FOX should've grabbed one of MyNetworkTV's two originals Street Patrol and JAIL which always scored well on that network. It would spark the aging lineup a bit especially if you slot one of them sandwiched between Wanted and COPS instead of the COPS repeats.
Congrads to British Television on their victory. America's Got Talent is my most favorite live reality competition program of all the networks so this is a joy to see it get 17.3 million viewers on a Saturday Night.
The British programmers are aggressive on Saturday Night and they were rewarded for it. I honestly think this folks and some of you might call me crazy. If one of the BIG 4 can slot one of their reality competitions on Friday and Saturday Nights then I bet they get 15-20 million viewers. As I say every week there's no reason why these networks aren't aggressively programming Saturday Nights. You can't just program the night, you have to be aggressive like putting a top-rated series on this night. If iCarly can score as well as it does for the cabler NICK then it can for the broadcasters. iCarly's gots another huge movie episode coming in June and I can see that one getting 7-9 million viewers since its about Carly boxing.
If FOX were to put Idol on Saturdays then I bet it be bigger than it is on Tuesday especially since there's no real competition for it to go against except sports.
What would even be better is if ABC would move Dancing to Fridays and have their Results show on Saturdays. I bet it be huge.
NBC should slot a second installment of Got Talent for the regular season (Sep-May) for Saturdays. I bet it works well for them especially if they had a Susan Boyle carrying it.
Now the networks for the time being needs these shows on their best hut level nights of the week but this is also why you find more than one live reality competition or better scripted shows to replace them.
Originally posted by Bruce:Ratings talk - NHL is very lucky to have the Wings.
Hockey talk - as a Blackhawk fan, trying to call this series down the middle, I would say Pittsburgh will give the Wings at least a slightly tougher series. Chicago gift-wrapped 4 goals in the first two games, and Pittsburgh's defense is more experienced. But one thing I noticed last nite was that the Wings were getting through the neutral zone better than they did against Chicago. Bad news for Pittsburgh.
Originally posted by yankeesrj12: Harper's Island is getting so interesting! Everything is finally coming together. Next week's episode will be another great one.
Throwing around that "great" term way too much, aren't you?
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Originally posted by Walter: It was a good episode.
You have officially made the term "good" overrated. Thank you!
So JD having Uncle Marty's phone automatically meant JD killed Marty? Some leap there, Sheriff! They needed to do a CSI or Criminal Minds crossover just to bring in some credible crime-solving work onto the show!
Like I've stated before, the dialogue on Harper's Island is so bad. But one of last night's lines, by the fisherman named Jimmy, takes the prize as the worst line uttered on TV this season. (To preface, earlier in the episode, another character hinted to Abby that the word "camping" really meant "sex.")
Abby: Do you ever think about what would've happened if I didn't leave? Jimmy: Between us? Probably would've done a hell of a lot of camping.
Also, the way that fat dude got whacked was so cheap. It's a low-budget way they went about that scene. Wouldn't it have been more fitting for the killer to actually throw the fat guy into the nearby burning incinerator?
Originally posted by yankeesrj12: Harper's Island is getting so interesting! Everything is finally coming together. Next week's episode will be another great one.
Throwing around that "great" term way too much, aren't you?
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Originally posted by Walter: It was a good episode.
You have officially made the term "good" overrated. Thank you!
So JD having Uncle Marty's phone automatically meant JD killed Marty? Some leap there, Sheriff! They needed to do a CSI or Criminal Minds crossover just to bring in some credible crime-solving work onto the show!
Like I've stated before, the dialogue on Harper's Island is so bad. But one of last night's lines, by the fisherman named Jimmy, takes the prize as the worst line uttered on TV this season. (To preface, earlier in the episode, another character hinted to Abby that the word "camping" really meant "sex.")
Abby: Do you ever think about what would've happened if I didn't leave? Jimmy: Between us? Probably would've done a hell of a lot of camping.
Also, the way that fat dude got whacked was so cheap. It's a low-budget way they went about that scene. Wouldn't it have been more fitting for the killer to actually throw the fat guy into the nearby burning incinerator?
Harper's Island's main problem is that people don't die often enough for the CBS crowd. Grew out of its lead in again though. It's not Emmy material but it is a decent enough show.
Originally posted by BlueLick: Alright, hockey is on the rise and this is a fast start for the league.
Hockey is very fortunate for this marquee matchup for the Finals two seasons in a row. NBA could only wish for Kobe-LeBron or Lakers-Celtics every year right now. But I'd only 100% agree with you if the same ratings were achieved for a Phoenix-Columbus Stanley Cup Final.
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For people who don't understand why the NHL and NBC were a winner last night its b/c it was not only first in every half-hour in viewers and demo on a Saturday Night against the NBA at that but mainly b/c the NHL rarely tops 2-3 million viewers for Game 1 in their Stanley Cup Finals so to get 5 million viewers the first time out, this is huge.
Huge might be an overstatement. Call me when the NHL finally gets into double-digit million territory.
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The NHL will have the grand stage tonight on a higher hut-level night with no competition from the NBA.
Definitely. It helps.
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The only real competition will be the baseball coverage on ESPN 1 & 2 with the exciting Women's Softball Eliminations and Cubs/Dodgers on the mothership.
At the time I posted this, the MLB game on ESPN (Dodgers 6, Cubs 0 in the bottom of the 4th) is a blowout. And, I don't believe Softball has captivated this nation (maybe not to your satisfaction!) to not want to watch a professional sport like hockey. You definitely think like a mad Canadian sports fan! (That's not all bad, though!)
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I expect the NHL to definitely top 5 million viewers but the Pens really need to win tonight or a close game in order for the momentum to carry for the league.
I've had the Stanley Cup Finals 2 games as Daily Game featured shows. Missed your Sunday entry there. If the series goes 5 games, which I do expect, hope you can play next weekend!
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Harper's Island scored as good as it could...
The series has lost 65-70% from its premiere viewership. So any positive spin on its current ratings is just rubbish.
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...and once the sports competition settles down after next week then you can expect it do be back in the 4-5 million viewer range.
Excuses, excuses. And when it continues on in its 3-4 million range, I will expect you to continually spin it positive.
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Well ABC Saturday is just a loser.
No kidding?
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I'm more worried about FOX's combo of COPS and AMW and how bad they have slipped.
Well, it's not like they're getting canceled.
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Like I said before FOX should've grabbed one of MyNetworkTV's two originals Street Patrol and JAIL which always scored well on that network.
No. It's the summer. They'd have done just the same as FOX's current Saturday.
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It would spark the aging lineup a bit...
With new but basically cloned shows?
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...especially if you slot one of them sandwiched between Wanted and COPS instead of the COPS repeats.
You're overthinking this.
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Congrads to British Television on their victory.
BGT has been one of the UK's most-watched programs perennially. It's just that this season, it got more U.S. attention due to Susan Boyle.
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America's Got Talent is my most favorite live reality competition program of all the networks...
Really? I gave up on the show after its first season. It always made me feel like it's a show that'll drop your IQ 30 points every episode.
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...so this is a joy to see it get 17.3 million viewers on a Saturday Night.
The British programmers are aggressive on Saturday Night and they were rewarded for it.
But the difference is the country's Monday-Friday lineup is not very varied. Their top shows are basically Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
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I honestly think this folks and some of you might call me crazy.
You're not crazy. Just sanely-challenged.
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If one of the BIG 4 can slot one of their reality competitions on Friday and Saturday Nights then I bet they get 15-20 million viewers.
I bet American Idol and Dancing with the Stars would get that but their demos would suffer. Actually, Dancing with the Stars did air its results show on Friday nights in the winter of 2006. Did okay there but didn't perform nearly as well as it does on Tuesday or Wednesday nights.
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As I say every week there's no reason why these networks aren't aggressively programming Saturday Nights.
Marc Berman said it first.
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If iCarly can score as well as it does for the cabler NICK then it can for the broadcasters. iCarly's gots another huge movie episode coming in June and I can see that one getting 7-9 million viewers since its about Carly boxing.
But NICK is the place where kids go to watch their kind of shows. Put iCarly on CBS or ABC, it would get Pushing Daisies-type ratings on the night.
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If FOX were to put Idol on Saturdays then I bet it be bigger than it is on Tuesday especially since there's no real competition for it to go against except sports.
But Tuesdays and Wednesdays are more profitable for the networks than Saturdays, so we probably won't ever see it. Also, I don't believe Simon Cowell would appear on both American Idol and Britain's Got Talent (and Len & Bruno on Dancing with the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing) if both shows aired on the same weekend night but in different countries.
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NBC should slot a second installment of Got Talent for the regular season (Sep-May) for Saturdays.
No. It's strictly a summer show. No need to overexpose such a mindless but popular show.
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I bet it works well for them especially if they had a Susan Boyle carrying it.
Uh... did you even know about Britain's Got Talent before Miss Boyle?
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Who knows right?
Right. For example, who knew the Blue Jays would lose 10 out of its last 12 games and drop from 1st to 3rd place in the A.L. East?
