CBC Draws Highest All-Star Audience Since 2000, Best Skills Competition in Longer Than That

We should have the VERSUS numbers for you later today, but here’s a CBC PR that both hypes the ratings for the 2009 All-Star Weekend, but gives you the CBC’s viewership numbers for the past decade as far as the game and the skills show go.  Your welcome, folks at The 506:

All eyes were on CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA as Montreal hosted the 57th NHL All-Star Game, attracting a national average audience of 1.516 million viewers. This marks the highest audience for the annual event in the past nine years, coinciding with the last time it was held in a Canadian based market (Toronto, 2000). Not to be outdone, the NHL All-Star Super Skills drew a national average audience of 1.358 million viewers, the largest in the competition’s history. Rounding out the weekend was The Montreal Canadiens: 100Years – 100 Stars, which attracted a combined average audience of 996,000 viewers during the Friday and Saturday night broadcasts.

“Once again Montreal has reaffirmed its place as one of the greatest hockey markets in the world. The excitement and enthusiasm throughout the city were no doubt influential factors in making this weekend’s events must see television.” said Scott Moore, Executive Director, CBC Sports. “CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada is dedicated to bringing viewers the very best in hockey broadcasting and as these numbers reflect, Canadians wanted to be part of the celebration.”   

 

CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA broadcast of the 57^th NHL All-Star Game represented a 30 per cent audience increase while the NHL All-Star Super Skills saw a jump of 32 per cent over last year. The NHL All-Star game and NHL Skills Competition broadcast audiences from 2000-2009 on CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA are:

 

Year    Host City                    NHL All Star Game              NHL Skills Competition

2000    Toronto                       1.557 million                           1.327 million

2001    Denver                        1.139 million                           971,000

2002    Los Angeles                674,000                                   377,000

2003    Ft. Lauderdale            908,000                                   861,000

2004    Saint Paul                    1.169 million                           1.190 million

2005    N/A                             NHL Lockout                         NHL Lockout

2006    N/A                             Torino Olympics                     Torino Olympics

2007    Dallas                          1.310 million                           1.096 million

2008    Atlanta                        1.163 million                           1.030 million

2009    Montreal                      1.516 million                           1.358 million

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