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FROM NHL MEDIA RELEASE 8 Million Watch Game 7 Game 7 Handily Beats Competition in Every Ratings Category & Wins Key Adults 18-49 By 191% NEW YORK – June 15, 2009 – Friday night’s deciding Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final on NBC Sports was the most-watched NHL game in 36 years (5/10/73, Stanley Cup Final Game 6 on NBC, Montreal-Chicago, 9.4 million) drawing an average of 8 million viewers. Overall, the series averaged 5.6 million viewers for the five games on NBC, the best since 2002 on ABC (three telecasts, Detroit-Carolina, 5.8 million average viewers). Friday’s Game 7 earned a 4.3 rating and an 8 share, the best for a series-ending game in six years (6/9/03, Game 7, Anaheim-New Jersey, 4.6 /8). NBC Sports’ Game 7 finished No. 1 for the night in every category including viewership and household ratings. Competitive Notes: NBC won Friday night by a margin of 191 percent in Adults 18-49 (3.2 vs. 1.1 for second-place CBS) and by 41 percent in total viewers (7.7 million vs. CBS's 5.5 million). The broadcast of Game 7 beat the ABC-CBS-Fox competition combined in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Men 18-34, Women 18-34, Men 18-49 and Men 25-54. The 3.2 rating in Adults 18-49 makes this NBC's top-rated Friday night since the Beijing Olympics last August. MORE:
Game 7 Wins TV
Ratings Battle* *News links: TVbythenumbers.com
NHL Scores Ratings Victories
for Games Versus' Games 3 and 4 SCF Highest Rated in Network History
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