Ratings WIN... BIG WIN for CBC...!!!

[Carts]

260,000 for Saturday's match on CBC... :scarf:

Following NHL Playoffs worked out - that could end up being the highest rated game of the season, and its only May...

Of note...

255,000 Orioles vs Blue Jays - SportsNet
62,000 Portsmouth vs Arsenal - SportsNet
80,000 Chelsea vs Fulham - SportsNet
103,000 NBA Boston vs Chicago - Score

Great number for the CBC folks & TFC...

Carts...

[ensco]

Great number. But I am wrong or did we not get nearly half a million in the same slot (ie right after a CBC hockey playoff game) for a DCU Saturday afternoon game in 2007?

In any event, that's a lot of fannies. Wish we'd given them something to enjoy.

[flatpicker]

my only issue is with team performance during these big ratings games.

This game, and the last one one with a big tv audience, were both weak efforts on the pitch.
Just bad timing, but it's not good when you get a lot of people watching a poor show.

[Don Julio]

What was the number for the second hour? Is this a huge spike in the first quarter hour that changed the channel 5 mins in averaged out? Paging Mr. Molinaro..

[Parkdale]

we beat the Jays!!!!

KICK ASS!!!!

[Get In There]

we beat the Jays!!!!

KICK ASS!!!!


Ya, this excites me as well.....with how well the Jays are playing.

Any chance of getting these numbers with a provincial split - just wondering how many out west (specifically Van City) are watching???

Are we Canada's footy fix?

B

[Carts]

Ya, this excites me as well.....with how well the Jays are playing.

Any chance of getting these numbers with a provincial split - just wondering how many out west (specifically Van City) are watching???

Are we Canada's footy fix?

B

CBC Ont = 75,000

I don't have any other splits, or a time breakdown for CBC - just the overnight number...

Carts...

[johnmolinaro]

I don't know the hour breakdowns, but needless to say having the Crosby-Ovechkin game as the lead-in played a big part in the rating - which is great, because obviously people who normally don't watch MLS decided to tune in and stuck around.

No better way to build an audience and introduce new people to the game.

I believe we have one more game coming up with a playoff game as the lead in....

[johnmolinaro]

Ya, this excites me as well.....with how well the Jays are playing.

Any chance of getting these numbers with a provincial split - just wondering how many out west (specifically Van City) are watching???

Are we Canada's footy fix?

B

17,000 from Vancouver watched.

[Get In There]

17,000 from Vancouver watched.


75K Ont
17K Van (noon kick off - local)

With a remainder of 168,000 outside of ontario (rest of Canada)

a good day indeed

B

[johnmolinaro]

It was my live gameday blog that drew in all the extra TV viewers:wink:

[boban]

It was my live gameday blog that drew in all the extra TV viewers:wink:
LOL. What else could it be John? ;)

[Commie Red]

We're in the top ten for the week!

From Chris Zelkovich's (http://thestar.blogs.com/sportsmedia/) blog:


Speaking of scoring better than normal, Toronto FC did just that Saturday.
Maybe it was having hockey as a lead-in, or maybe it was the thirst for a winning team here but Toronto FC pulled in its biggest audience of the season Saturday. Its 1-1 draw with Columbus attracted an average audience of 261,000 on CBC. Overall this year, TFC is averaging 178,000 viewers on the public network, a vast improvement over 2008.
Here are the top-rated sports events of the past weekend, according to BBM Nielsen Media Research overnight ratings.
1. Hockey, Blackhawks at Canucks, Saturday, CBC: 1,879,000
2. Hockey, Hurricanes at Bruins, Sunday, TSN: 805,000
3. Hockey, Ducks at Red Wings, Friday, CBC: 746,000
4. Hockey, Penguins at Capitals, Saturday, CBC: 632,000*
5. Hockey Night In Canada pre-game show, Saturday, CBC: 574,000
6. Hockey, Ducks at Red Wings, Sunday, TSN: 567,000*
7. Hockey, Hurricanes at Bruins, Friday, TSN: 514,000
8. Baseball, Orioles at Blue Jays, Sunday, Sportsnet: 340,000
9. Soccer, Columbus at Toronto FC, Saturday, CBC: 261,000
10. Baseball, Orioles at Blue Jays, Saturday, Sportsnet: 255,000
* NBC's Canadian audiences not calculated

[Fushida]

now if we can play well and dominate every time we're on CBC :hump:

[rocker]

imagine when Vancouver gets in, and if Montreal gets in.. Montreal vs TFC, Vancouver vs TFC, Vancouver vs Montreal... they could get 300K-400K ratings or more for those matchups on CBC.

[Inklink]

imagine when Vancouver gets in, and if Montreal gets in.. Montreal vs TFC, Vancouver vs TFC, Vancouver vs Montreal... they could get 300K-400K ratings or more for those matchups on CBC.

They'll need to do Soccer Night in Canada on CBC every week :canada:

[rocker]

can't wait for this CBC commercials saying "Soccer is OUR GAME! (hockey is what those russians and swedes play)" hehehehhe

[Canary Canuck]

Numbers like this helps the expansion cause for other Canadian cities. One of Garber's clear and stated goals through Canadian expansion is a lucrative Canadian national television contract.

[Inswingingwingman]

I'm not talking to anybody from CBC unless they bring Radio 2 back the way it was. I'm still very very very very pissed.