- Versus averaged 263,000 viewers for its three NHL games this week, down from the network’s season average of 278,000. Monday’s Avalanche/Red Wings game drew 400,000 viewers. (Los Angeles Times, via Sports Business Daily)
- Tuesday’s Penguins/Sabres game, the first game back from the Olympic break for both teams, drew an 11.7 rating on FSN Pittsburgh — the second-highest rating ever for a regular season Penguins telecast on the network. Overall, 13 of the 20 highest rated regular season Penguins games on FSN have taken place this season. (Puck The Media)
- A final note on the 2010 Winter Olympics: Salt Lake City was the highest rated market, averaging a 21.9/36 for NBC’s 17 primetime telecasts. Denver (21.3/35), Milwaukee (21.0/33), Seattle (19.6/36) and Minneapolis (19.1/32) made up the remainder of the top five. Ratings for primetime coverage of the Olympics were highest in the Mountain Time Zone (18.8/31), where NBC’s coverage aired on tape delay, and lowest in the Eastern Time Zone (14.8/23), where some coverage aired live. (TV By The Numbers)
WNBA viewership continues to rise heading into stretch run
WNBA viewership is comfortably ahead of last year's pace entering the final weeks of the regular season.
