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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.0/6 | 1.9/6 | 1.3/4 | 1.2/3 | 0.7/2 | 0.3/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 1.8/6 | 2.1/7 | 0.8/3 | 0.9/3 | 0.7/2 | 0.2/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 5.045 | 4.038 | 7.193 | 3.879 | 1.700 | 0.839 |
NBC, the Detroit Red Wings and the NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 2 all won again Sunday night, this time narrowly over Fox animated repeats.
The overnight average for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals was 5.33 million average viewers, that beat Saturday night's average, and the average for the entire Stanley Cup Finals series last year.
Past NHL Stanley Cup Finals TV ratings averages can be found here.
Because of the live NHL Stanley Cup Final telecast all NBC results are approximate and subject to more than typical revisions. See below for more information.
You can see overnight reports for past Sundays to compare.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers Live+SD (000) |
| 7:00 | ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos (repeat) | 1.5 | 5 | 1.2 | 5 | 5.309 |
| FOX | King of the Hill (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 2.253 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.1 | 4 | 0.7 | 3 | 4.054 | |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.1 | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 8.662 | |
| CW | Jericho (repeat) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.569 | |
| 7:30 | FOX | American Dad (repeat) | 1.2 | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 2.624 |
| 8:00 | FOX | Simpsons (repeat) | 2.3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 4.864 |
| NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 2 | 2.1 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 5.093 | |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (repeat) | 1.6 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 4.893 | |
| CBS | Million Dollar Password | 1.2 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 6.883 | |
| CW | Desperately Seeking Susan (movie) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.884 | |
| 8:30 | FOX | King of the Hill (repeat) | 2.1 | 6 | 2.2 | 7 | 4.372 |
| 9:00 | FOX | Family Guy (repeat) | 2.7 | 7 | 3.1 | 9 | 5.479 |
| NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 2 | 2.5 | 7 | 2.4 | 7 | 5.563 | |
| CBS | Cold Case (repeat) | 1.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 7.573 | |
| ABC | Desperate Housewives (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 2.730 | |
| CW | Desperately Seeking Susan (movie) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.065 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | American Dad (repeat) | 2.2 | 6 | 2.6 | 7 | 4.653 |
| 10:00 | NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 2 | 2.4 | 6 | 2.3 | 6 | 5.471 |
| CBS | The Unit (repeat) | 1.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 2 | 5.656 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters (repeat) | 0.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 2.586 |
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Shows are sorted by 18-49 rating in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source: Marc Berman/MediaWeek
Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
For more information see Numbers 101.
Yeah, I couldn’t watch it on tv last night… cause I was definitely there!!!! Go Wings!
Adam, although I disagree with your Go Wings enthusiasm, I remain jealous that you attended a Cup Final game. I cannot attend Tuesday or Thursday in my home city, but in spiriti I am there already, willing the Pens to get their mojo back
darn typos! “spirit” not “spiriti”
DH and B&S did terrible thanks for the post.
even for a repeat.
I may have missed it, but when has NBC air the Part II of the Last Templar rerun?
Well, I guess some kudos of a sort are in line for the NHL. It’s good to see more than 10 people who aren’t physically at a game or a specialized sports bar actually watched a game.
For once, the NHL has managed to do something smart. That is, schedule thier games on a date where it is arguably the weakest time that a Sunday will ever be. They also got caught a break by not having an NBA game to contend with.
Andrea, it’s scheduled to air next Sunday.
“Breaking Bad” last night was one of the greatest tv show episodes in history. “Ice Road Truckers” was good too because the new location of the show is especially treacherous. I cannot believe how many people still watch broadcast tv. Most of these broadcast shows will beat the ratings of those two great cable shows last night.
I’m so used to seeing things by the numbers now my first thought was, wow, are these Friday or Saturday numbers? The whole summer must be a huge down time for all TV people, from our hosts here up to Silverman, Moonves, et al. I’ll bet our guys here put their time to better use than TV people seem to! Any takers on that sucker bet?
Looks to me that CBS won the night. You can’t say something else won (hockey) because of demos, and then brag about how many people watched it in total.
David4, again with the “NHL stole my lunch money” grudge?
Demos are all that matter to the TV business. Viewership’s just for PR boasting (or in this case historical reference when I don’t have past year demo numbers, which is often the case).
If it makes you feel better, the 18-49 demo of 2.2 on Sunday for the NHL game was much better than Saturday’s 1.7.
I’d love to compare demo numbers for past NHL Stanely Cup Finals years, but I don’t have them!
Demo ratings count more because advertisers value 18-49 viewers more than viewers outside that age range.
Also go Wings.
The ABC dramas do horrible in repeats. lol
I’m interested in the numbers that the MTV Movie Awards did. I’m pretty confident this will be yet another night where a show on cable beats all of the broadcast networks.
You probbaly never see Canadian ratings for the nhl, but they’re through the roof most likely. People forget that this is only half the story for the nhl’s popularity. I’d wager that the NHL and NBA have similar North American audiences.(although the NBA has a bigger worldwide audience.)
Please post the CBC numbers for the NHL finals if you ever see them, I’d be curious.
dave, While I will definitely post the Canadian NHL TV numbers if I see them, its not likely because the media we track don’t cover them. However, it’s certainly likely that one of our readers will see the numbers, and they’re welcome to post them in the comments.
David, I’m a huge Breaking Bad fan but I thought the finale was a bit of a letdown. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone but I thought the big reveal that they’ve been setting up all season was hugely disappointing. They’ll have to do something big to make it worth it next season.
Dave, if a Canadian team were in the finals I would agree with you but are Canadians really as interested when it’s two American teams?