Ratings inched up for the NHL on NBC last week.
Sunday’s Penguins/Flyers game drew a 1.0 final rating on NBC, up 11% from a 0.9 for the network’s third NHL telecast last season (Red Wings/Penguins, 2/8/09), and up 43% from a 0.7 for Red Wings/Blackhawks the previous week.
Viewership for the game was not immediately available.
The 1.0 rating is tied as the highest for a non-Winter Classic regular season game on NBC since March ’07* (1.2). Again excluding the Winter Classic, this is only the third time since ’07 that NBC has managed to draw a 1.0 rating for a regular season game.
Ratings/viewership for NHL on NBC during 2009-10 season
| Date | Game | Net | Rating | Viewers (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri., 1/1/10 | Flyers 1 | NBC |
2.1
|
3,684
|
| Bruins 2 | ||||
| Sun., 1/17/10 | Blackhawks 4 | NBC |
0.7
|
996
|
| Red Wings 3 | ||||
| Sun., 1/24/10 | Penguins 2 | NBC |
1.0
|
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|
| Flyers 1 |
*Excludes Flyers/Penguins on March 16, 2008; ratings for that game were not available.
