via press release:
| BEST STANLEY CUP FINAL OVERNIGHT rating IN 36 YEARS |
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SERIES-CLINCHING GAME 6 OVERNIGHT UP 41 PERCENT VS. LAST YEAR NEW YORK – June 10, 2010 – Last night’s series-clinching Game 6 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers registered a 5.8/10 overnight rating (8:15-11:15 p.m. ET), the best overnight for any Stanley Cup Final game in 36 years (7.6/27, Boston-Philadelphia, Game 6, 1974 on NBC). The rating peaked for the final 15 minutes of The Game (11-11:15 p.m. ET) with an 8.0 rating and 14 share. The 5.8 overnight is up 41 percent vs. last year’s 4.1/7 overnight for Game 6 between the then-defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins, featuring Sidney Crosby. In last night’s game, the Blackhawks defeated the Flyers, 4-3, on a goal by Patrick Kane 4:06 into overtime to give Chicago its first Stanley Cup since 1961, ending the NHL’s longest championship drought. TOP 10 MARKETS 1. Chicago 32.8/50 2. Philadelphia 26.8/38 3. Buffalo 13.5/20 4. Pittsburgh 9.7/14 T5. Detroit 6.3/10 T5. Indianapolis 6.3/10 7. Fort Myers 6.1/10 8. Minneapolis 5.9/11 9. Las Vegas 5.7/9 10. Boston 5.1/9 |
