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I’d be curious how many of those 900K plus viewers were in Pittsburgh. Buffalo and Pittsburgh usually bring strong local market ratings for their teams and give boosts to the US numbers.Marquee matchup. But yeah, weird a 5:30 Wednesday Afternoon start produced that.
This tweet is right in SMF’s wheelhouse.
People watched. Not many because it’s the NHL. But it set a record by their standards.
Saw this reply: when everyone said “puck drops on Wednesday” seven minutes into the Steelers game, they meant it!This tweet is right in SMF’s wheelhouse.
People watched. Not many because it’s the NHL. But it set a record by their standards.
That’s exactly it. It’s a big reason why I fell for English soccer. League games start at 7:30am on Saturdays or Sundays and are typically over by noon. You’re literally watching live sports with a coffee in your hand instead of a beer and then you have the entire day for the important things in life.I love the idea of watching a hockey game over dinner and still having some time left over to do something else that night and get to bed at a reasonable time. I'm all in favor of standard 5:30 start times. It would work great for baseball as well. I love baseball, but can't really truly sit and watch a game on TV. I have to be doing something else while it is on. Baseball is the perfect sport to have on while you make, eat and clean up dinner. Sure beats watching the news.
The thing is folks.....remember, we are still in a pandemic where many people are still working from home. So right now, with no fans in the arena, and people home, this may make more sense than when life returns to normal.
This tweet is right in SMF’s wheelhouse.
People watched. Not many because it’s the NHL. But it set a record by their standards.
You sound like my grandpa. Then again, he was a genius...I like it! I actually don't care about seeing things live. Especially obscure things like hockey where there's no chance I'll hear the results. A 5:30 start, I DVRed it and started watching around 6:45, great to have control like that to fit the time to when you are ready to watch. And then can watch fast forwarding past CRAP like pregame, the anthem, commercials and breaks.
It's the "quality" vs. "local" thing. EPL fans want quality, I personally watch lesser quality MLS because I can related to the cities. And hockey will always be a niche sport, with the stuff you need to play, gear and an ICE RINK, it will never be something a large % of people will grow up playing.The highest rated EPL match last year drew 1.01 million on NBCSN. Amazing that a foreign soccer league with no "home market bump" outdraws the NHL.
Here you go again with your lack of context. 1.01m on a weekend for vs. 950k on a Wednesday at 5:30 and yet you make your grandiose claims. Last year, we had a back and forth after you claimed EPL regular season games on NBC outdrew NHL playoff games on NBC. On average they do not and it isn’t even close.The highest rated EPL match last year drew 1.01 million on NBCSN. Amazing that a foreign soccer league with no "home market bump" outdraws the NHL.
I wonder what game that was. I’m guessing a 12:30 eastern game because an earlier game would rule out half of the country who would still be sleeping.The highest rated EPL match last year drew 1.01 million on NBCSN. Amazing that a foreign soccer league with no "home market bump" outdraws the NHL.
The thing is folks.....remember, we are still in a pandemic where many people are still working from home. So right now, with no fans in the arena, and people home, this may make more sense than when life returns to normal.
I am not so sure a 5:30 start would draw those ratings all the time. Season opener. Big Rivalry game. Something different.I swear I'm in the wrong business. Why I'm not heading up a network right now, I don't know. The NHL has terrible ratings. They need to do more of these late afternoon/early evening starts.
- Also, the NFL should do a 5PM Monday game
- ESPN should put 5PM games on their networks. They have so much college hoops content already.
- MLB should play weekday games (oh wait, they already do and the world didnt end)
With the shift towards working from home added to the people who are already home by 5 or 5:30, I think this is something that needs to happen.
I am not so sure a 5:30 start would draw those ratings all the time. Season opener. Big Rivalry game. Something different.
But as usual you have to go off on your reactionary rant.
Competition? I guess I'm an anomaly, I am an avid DVR user, and also basically watch only MY TEAMS, so if Pitt Football is up against GS 7 of the WS, I don't even realize there's a WS. And I have my DVR set for all my favorite teams and that supersedes any and all other "competition" for viewing, I mean if my high school team was up against Alabama/tOSU I'd watch my HS.Not all the time but more will watch than a 7:30 game. Too much competition in prime time
- MLB should play weekday games (oh wait, they already do and the world didnt end)