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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.0/11 | 1.0/4 | 1.0/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.51 | 5.27 | 3.21 | 3.57 | 0.95 |
Please note, these numbers are preliminary and that due to the nature of how live events are measured, the numbers for last night’s NHL Stanley Cup Final game are even more subject to change than normal. Also note that these numbers measure the prime-time portion of the game only and do not include viewership past 11pm and even the preliminary numbers have not been time-zone adjusted for the game.
NBC skated to an easy win Friday as the decisive Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 averaged a 3.0 18-49 demo rating from 8-11pm and 7.51 million viewers.
The other new shows on broadcast television included an episode of Don't Forget the Lyrics which doubled (and tripled) the 18-49 demo rating of Surviving Suburbia and The Goode Family respectively at 8pm and 20/20 at 10pm which, with a 1.6 demo rating, was the most 18-49 demo watched show that didn't feature the Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
You can see TV ratings from past Friday overnight reports here.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) |
| 8:00 | NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 (8-11p) | 3.0 | 11 | 7.51 |
| FOX | Don't Forget the Lyrics | 1.2 | 5 | 3.81 | |
| CBS | Ghost Whisperer (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 5.19 | |
| ABC | Surviving Suburbia | 0.6 | 3 | 2.87 | |
| CW | Priviledged (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.94 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | The Goode Family | 0.5 | 2 | 1.82 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Flashpoint (repeat) | 1.0 | 4 | 5.46 |
| FOX | Mental (repeat) | 0.8 | 3 | 2.60 | |
| ABC | Samantha Who? X2 (repeat) | 0.7 | 3 | 2.38 | |
| CW | Everybody Hates Chris (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.94 | |
| 9:30 | CW | The Game (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.99 |
| 10:00 | ABC | 20/20 | 1.6 | 5 | 5.98 |
| CBS | Numb3rs (repeat) | 1.0 | 3 | 5.48 | |
| 8:00 | NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 | 2.2 | 9 | 5.78 |
| 8:30 | NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 | 2.5 | 10 | 6.37 |
| 9:00 | NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 | 2.9 | 11 | 7.27 |
| 9:30 | NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 | 3.1 | 10 | 7.55 |
| 10:00 | NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 | 3.7 | 12 | 9.01 |
| 10:30 | NBC | NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game 7 | 3.7 | 12 | 9.07 |
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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.
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Those NHL numbers are amazing. I bet that Gary Bettman is doing cartwheels right now. He shouldn’t get his hopes up too high – it’s only because there are two of the most popular American teams. I’d like to see the local numbers to see where the strength was.
As for The Goode Family, I’m not 100% sure, but I think those numbers are or are very close to being records lows for primetime programming on ABC. Dumont over on PiFeedback always tracks that stuff.
“ABC The Goode Family 0.5 2 1.82″
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Doug, the NHL pretty much got the best of all worlds for US TV ratings. Two big US teams, one of the league’s up and coming stars, and most importantly, a seven game series. They indeed must be pinching themselves.
It was an epic Stanley Cup Final game seven. And the best series in a long long time. And, Doug is dead on right! The league got its two most popular teams, playing the full seven games. If this series didn’t interest hockey fans, no hockey series will.
Congrats to the Penguins, first of all.
Second of all, lol at The Goode Family. Bye, I’m sure we won’t be seeing you again
Third of all, how did Conan do?
Conan/Dave numbers are available to us by press release or TV trade media only. We are on the lookout.
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WOW @ The Goode Family!!!! Those numbers are just HIDEOUS, even for a Friday…whoa!
Will ABC pull The Goode Family from its schedule completely or move it to Saturdays @ 10/9c after Dirty Sexy Money finishes on August 8th? Those numbers are laughably pathetic! Even Pushing Daisies got better ratings (0.8/3)–and that was on a Saturday! Besides, next week’s episode sounds inappropriate for the Family Hour on ABC.
two US teams from strong markets, two successful winter classics (OUTDOOR HOCKEY)and an epic game seven, NBC will more than likely extend its revenue sharing deal with the NHL. The next outdoor game possible will be at Fenway Park in BOSTON. great promotional tool for the league and NBC (more so NBC) for the winter games in Vancouver next Feb. The league still has a way go in terms of importance and interest with some in America, but things are looking up. GOOD JOB NHL
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the goode family was over before it began.
Calling the Penguins and Detroit the most popular teams is a bit off. Detroit certainly is popular, and the Penguins are growing quickly by virtue of Sidney Crosby, but Detroit vs. Toronto or Detroit Vs. Montreal in the finals would have probably been bigger.
Not in the US, Jeff, which is where the ratings reported here measure.
Your lack of reporting universal rating number is puzzling, frustrating, and maybe I just wanna go postal!
It’s fine if you want to report 18-49, but let’s see equally, the entire rating…not just the total viewers. It gives me a historical comparison vs. past ratings.
You have done the baseball equivalent of no longer showing batting averages, but instead, showing only on base percentage in its place.
So, I’ll calm down now, have a spot of tea, then see if anyone can say why American Idol and Madison Avenue often prefer music from an era 60s and 70s that doesn’t fit the “demo.”
Joe B., Our source for weekend overnight numbers (Marc Berman/Mediaweek) doesn’t provide fast affiliate HH ratings either. Not that we’d bother with them if he did, but just to make the point that we are hardly alone in our zeal to deprive you of information.
However, you can find the final HH rating in the NBC weekly final results come Tuesday.
Goode family and Surviving Surburbia did worse than they did on Wednesday nights.
JeffC Canadian teams don’t draw good ratings in the US, Toronto or Montreal would give better ratings in Canada but less in the US.
Nobody cares about hockey and these comments are hilarious. As much as I loved hockey, these games sucked thanks to Bettman’s fixing the Stanely Cup outcome, moving schedules to favor one team and then unsuspending the MVP so he could play. These ratings are a joke. There was no competition on a Friday night and it couldn’t even muster a 3 rating until the last half hour of the game. The shows it was up against were repeats and when you’re patting yourself on the back because your “greatest” game of all can beat out an average night of 20/20 you know your product sucks.
So the NBA, a boring, overhyped sport that is clearly number 3 in the big list gets a 10.2 rating and that is BAD. How funny is it that the NHL gets barely a 3 and you guys and Bettman are all proclaiming victory. Perhaps next year the NHL can proclaim growth when it bests a repeat of Scrubs or the Miley Cyrus movie. LOL.
Decent #’s for NHL, not great, but decent. NHL can thank Detroit’s TV market for these modest #’s. If you look at recent Stanley Cup TV rating success (2002, 2008, 2009), the Detroit Redwings have been involved. All I can say is…Stanley Cup – Detroit Redwings = ratings disaster. Just demonstrates the sport (hockey) has a long way to go to convince casual sports fan to watch.
Great night for the NHL, NBC, and the Pittsburgh Penquins. A Game Seven in any sport draws viewers. Okay, the NHL is not the NBA, NFL, or the NCAA Tournament but it’s popularity is coming back. NBC is doing pretty good this summer.
Again, sports bails out entertainment. Dick Ebersol should run NBC?
NBC should have extended the game indefinitely – the viewer numbers kept growing every half hour