Stanley Cup ratings down 22 percent |
|
|
|
Published
:
Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:23
|
NEW YORK (AP) - The Stanley Cup finals lost nearly a quarter of what already was a small television audience.Anaheim's 1-0 victory over Ottawa in Game 2 on Wednesday night got a 0.6 cable rating on Versus and was watched in 446,000 homes in the United States.The rating was down 33 percent from last year's second game, a 5-0 victory for Carolina over Edmonton, which received a 0.9 cable rating (600,000 homes) on OLN, as the same network was known then.Through two games, the Stanley Cup finals averaged a 0.7 rating, down 22 percent from last year's 0.9, and households are down 20 percent, to 485,000 from 606,000 last year.The remainder of the series will be broadcast by NBC, starting with Game 3 at Ottawa on Saturday night.Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
|
|
|
|
Print this Story
TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 15:45 BST 