Penguins Lead, Panthers Trail NHL Local Ratings Race
April 12, 2012 4 Comments
Via John Ourand of Sports Business Daily:
Top 5 Local Ratings for US Teams, 2011-12
- Pittsburgh (ROOT Sports PIT): 7.9
- Buffalo (MSG): 6.6
- Boston (NESN): 4.7
- St. Louis (FS Midwest): 3.5
- Detroit (FS Detroit): 3.5
Bottom 5 Local Ratings for US Teams
- Los Angeles (FS West): 0.4
- New Jersey (MSG Plus): 0.3
- Anaheim (Prime Ticket): 0.3
- NY Islanders (MSG Plus): 0.3
- Florida (FS Florida): 0.2
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Do you have the full list? (Translation: how much did St. Louis beat Chicago by?
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New Jersey….no surprise
TV ratings can be a bit misleading…Buffalo is the smallest market among U.S based teams and Pittsburgh is also one of the smallest. If a team does a 6.6 like Buffalo does, how many people are watching? Now go to a larger market like Detroit or Boston where the rating number may not have been as high but there is a good chance that more people are probably watching.
that NJ rating is a bit surprising to me. i know they’re going to be low rated sitting behind the Rangers, but i wonder if there were less viewers this year without Doc Emrick on the majority of the telecasts (having left for NBC full time). in the back of my mind, i also wonder if the Devils would do better ratings-wise if they weren’t on a network owned by a competetor (MSG owns the Rangers, the MSG arena, MSG Network, and MSG Plus, and with it, TV rights to the Rangers, Devils, and Islanders in the same market).