NHL's All-Star Game Rating Plunges

JoseA · 01-28-2007, 04:47 PM

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NEW YORK (AP) -- TV watchers didn't exactly warm up to the NHL's midweek All-Star game, which experienced a 76 percent drop in household viewership from the previous All-Star game in 2004.

Wednesday night's game in Dallas drew a 0.7 Nielsen rating on Versus, the cable channel formerly known as OLN. The game was viewed in an estimated 474,298 households and by 672,948 viewers, down from the 1,985,000 households that saw the 2004 All-Star game on a Sunday afternoon on ABC.

NHL All-Star TV rating plunges 76 percent from 2004 - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

Wow, they went way down. I didnt expect it to be as high, but 76 percent. gheezh....I guess the strike didn't help much and the station switch

John F · 01-28-2007, 05:50 PM

The strike is a moot point. this is two years later.

This was a Wednesday night affair when traditionally the all-star game happens on the weekend. The broadcast was on a cable station not carried by as wide a swath as Network TV or ESPN.

Then lets get into the actual named All-stars. The coaches passed naming certain players all-stars (guys like Jagr or Ignila) simply because they were injured at the time of the game. They, and others who were passed over, are stars of the league and despite injury, should have been named with alternites named to take their place on the roster.

The entire affair was the most pathetic attempt to highlight the best and brightest of the NHL. The scheduling, the time frame, the station, etc. The NHL got exactly what it deserved with people not watching.

Hash · 02-20-2007, 11:01 PM

I find the All Star game to be generally quite boring anyhow. I wouldn't mind a bit if the abolished it and allowed me to just keep watching the stars when they are actually playing a real hockey game. That's what I'm interested in anyway. I'd be quite content simply watching the best of the best every four years at the Olympics.

01-28-2007, 05:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
John F Administrator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, Florida Posts: 2,497	The strike is a moot point. this is two years later. This was a Wednesday night affair when traditionally the all-star game happens on the weekend. The broadcast was on a cable station not carried by as wide a swath as Network TV or ESPN. Then lets get into the actual named All-stars. The coaches passed naming certain players all-stars (guys like Jagr or Ignila) simply because they were injured at the time of the game. They, and others who were passed over, are stars of the league and despite injury, should have been named with alternites named to take their place on the roster. The entire affair was the most pathetic attempt to highlight the best and brightest of the NHL. The scheduling, the time frame, the station, etc. The NHL got exactly what it deserved with people not watching.

02-20-2007, 11:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hash Rookie Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oil Country Posts: 12	I find the All Star game to be generally quite boring anyhow. I wouldn't mind a bit if the abolished it and allowed me to just keep watching the stars when they are actually playing a real hockey game. That's what I'm interested in anyway. I'd be quite content simply watching the best of the best every four years at the Olympics.