CFL (and other sports) TV Ratings

[slimjim2]

@"tangledweb"

@"slimjim2"

@"Vanhalendlrband2"

Looks like Lions preseason nearly beats out all the euro soccer games in ratings except one game it nearly equalled.

You mean the “Riders” pre-season game? you can always count on all of them Sask fans for bringing up the CFL ratings… :thup:

I suppose the Riders fans were also responsible for the great ratings of the MTL/WINNIPEG pre-season game that drew a half million as well?

:roll:

I was commenting on the ratings above - Sask/BC, there is no listing for the Mtl/Bombers game

:roll: [url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--stanley-cup-and-euro-soccer-see-audiences-drop-175439800.html#more-id]https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/the-gr ... ml#more-id[/url]

[KevinRiley2]

@"Mightygoose"

Half a million for a pre-season is a good number no matter how it’s sliced. Close to half a million for mid-week is solid, too. MLS is not even on the radar.

:thup:

Only correction : Change “good” to “great” for a pre-season game.

[tangledweb]

@"slimjim2"

@"tangledweb"

@"slimjim2"

You mean the “Riders” pre-season game? you can always count on all of them Sask fans for bringing up the CFL ratings… :thup:

I suppose the Riders fans were also responsible for the great ratings of the MTL/WINNIPEG pre-season game that drew a half million as well?

:roll:

I was commenting on the ratings above - Sask/BC, there is no listing for the Mtl/Bombers game

:roll:

because mid-week games are not listed by Numeris, just end of the weekend results.
however, the CFL Communications Dept did post the MTL/WINNIPEG pre-season game ratings at a half a million.

but I guess they are mostly Riders fans right?

[TravelPatB]

Just a minor note/question regarding the excellent Winnipeg - Montreal number. I'm assuming that included RDS viewers? Anybody know?

Also just for comparison purposes last year in the pre-season a Saturday night game between the Riders and Esks drew only 371,000 viewers (although it was up against a Stanley Cup Playoff Final game that night). But a Friday night pre-season game between the Lions and Stamps drew only 191,000 viewers last season.

So 535,000 this year - is a BIG step up.

[Mr_Pike]

@"TravelPatB"

Just a minor note/question regarding the excellent Winnipeg - Montreal number. I’m assuming that included RDS viewers? Anybody know?

Also just for comparison purposes last year in the pre-season a Saturday night game between the Riders and Esks drew only 371,000 viewers (although it was up against a Stanley Cup Playoff Final game that night). But a Friday night pre-season game between the Lions and Stamps drew only 191,000 viewers last season.

So 535,000 this year - is a BIG step up.

I do not even know whether RDS carried the football game that night , I would imagine they aired the TFC /Impact Amway Cup game , but I am not sure . Anyways , normally RDS numbers are not included when ratings are released by TSN or The CFL . If they are included then the press release usually says so .

[Tridus]

Expected the F1 race to do better, given that it's in Canada and had among the best start times F1 gets for Canadian audiences. Seems like the audience is pretty firm and there isn't a lot of casual interest.

[KevinRiley2]

@"TravelPatB"

Just a minor note/question regarding the excellent Winnipeg - Montreal number. I’m assuming that included RDS viewers? Anybody know?

Also just for comparison purposes last year in the pre-season a Saturday night game between the Riders and Esks drew only 371,000 viewers (although it was up against a Stanley Cup Playoff Final game that night). But a Friday night pre-season game between the Lions and Stamps drew only 191,000 viewers last season.

So 535,000 this year - is a BIG step up.

:thup:

[Xvys]

535,000 is the average number of viewers over the length of the program...which lasted over 4 hours. I'm sure many fans turned away with the one-hour delay...so over the normal 3-hour game-time the average ratings would likely have been well over 700,000 for the Riders/Lions exhibition game. :thup:

[vampiresquid]

@"Mightygoose"

BTW, looking at Saturdays numbers…the Jays did not get a million viewers but still good overall. MLS is not even on the radar.

No MLS matches were on last weekend due to Copa America. Euros not really an issue since only 3 MLS players are in it.

2 of the Euros were on at 9am eastern, so if any program can get 200k+ at that hour, those are very good ratings.

[Paolo_X]

First Travel Pat thanks again for this excellent work and a second year at it. :thup:

@"vampiresquid"

@"Mightygoose"

BTW, looking at Saturdays numbers…the Jays did not get a million viewers but still good overall. MLS is not even on the radar.

No MLS matches were on last weekend due to Copa America. Euros not really an issue since only 3 MLS players are in it.

2 of the Euros were on at 9am eastern, so if any program can get 200k+ at that hour, those are very good ratings.

1. I am amazed that Euro 2016 pulls so strongly in Canada for the weekend games. Each game is getting multiples of the ratings in Canada than the English Premier League, which otherwise is quite popular in the US. I wonder why? Is it perhaps viewing by various ethnic groups?

2. MLS was wise to suspend play during Copa America considering also that it would be a logistical challenge for some teams here in the US, but I am thoroughly disappointed at the bush-league antics of that tournament and have lost interest altogether.

And you would think it could not be worse for overwhelmingly most soccer fans in North America than MLS not counting some of the minor leagues, but it can!

How is it in this day and age that we have a guy score from a handball that on video is obvious and not well-concealed as was Maradona’s hand of God? And the referee originally got the call for no goal right, with the reason not given, but inexplicably overturned his own call! :thdn: :thdn: :thdn:

Abajo con Copa America!

[slimjim2]

@"vampiresquid"

@"Mightygoose"

BTW, looking at Saturdays numbers…the Jays did not get a million viewers but still good overall. MLS is not even on the radar.

No MLS matches were on last weekend due to Copa America. Euros not really an issue since only 3 MLS players are in it.

2 of the Euros were on at 9am eastern, so if any program can get 200k+ at that hour, those are very good ratings.

You are right about the ratings, it’s amazing that ratings in Canada can be that high when games are payed at 9 AM on a weekday. England is playing right now at 9 AM est which is 3PM in France. Then they have games at noon and 3PM our time.
Makes you wonder how all them fans can take time off to attend games on a weekday in the afternoon.

[Paolo_X]

@"slimjim2"

@"vampiresquid"

@"Mightygoose"

BTW, looking at Saturdays numbers…the Jays did not get a million viewers but still good overall. MLS is not even on the radar.

No MLS matches were on last weekend due to Copa America. Euros not really an issue since only 3 MLS players are in it.

2 of the Euros were on at 9am eastern, so if any program can get 200k+ at that hour, those are very good ratings.

You are right about the ratings, it’s amazing that ratings in Canada can be that high when games are payed at 9 AM on a weekday. England is playing right now at 9 AM est which is 3PM in France. Then they have games at noon and 3PM our time.
Makes you wonder how all them fans can take time off to attend games on a weekday in the afternoon.

Well as an Italian, though I am hardly into Euro as much as the World Cup, I can tell you that not just we amongst Europeans have been known to call in sick or find some excuse (car care, dentist, client appointment on site, et cetera) to be out of the office on game days.

[KevinRiley2]

@"Paolo X"

First Travel Pat thanks again for this excellent work and a second year at it. :thup:

Yes. :thup:

[Chewbaccamonkeylunch]

@"TravelPatB"

ESPN’s CFL schedule featured in a story on the American Sports Media Blog - Awful Announcing

This is great news. I hadn’t seen it updated anywhere until now. :thup:

[Vanhalendlrband2]

Still gotta say a preseason cfl game, a meaningless game scoring that high is amazing.

The ratings would be no different for primetime id say

[depopulationINC]

@"slimjim2"

@"vampiresquid"

@"Mightygoose"

BTW, looking at Saturdays numbers…the Jays did not get a million viewers but still good overall. MLS is not even on the radar.

No MLS matches were on last weekend due to Copa America. Euros not really an issue since only 3 MLS players are in it.

2 of the Euros were on at 9am eastern, so if any program can get 200k+ at that hour, those are very good ratings.

You are right about the ratings, it’s amazing that ratings in Canada can be that high when games are payed at 9 AM on a weekday. England is playing right now at 9 AM est which is 3PM in France. Then they have games at noon and 3PM our time.
Makes you wonder how all them fans can take time off to attend games on a weekday in the afternoon.

No different that World Hockey and such having mid day games in Canada and arenas being full, on a lesser scale, but the principle is the same multiplied by massively more populous

[KevinRiley2]

Sounds like there’s no joy in Mudville…

Rogers planning to replace Stroumboulopoulos with MacLean on Hockey Night in Canada

[url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/rogers-to-replace-stromboulopoulos-with-ron-maclean-on-hockey-night-in-canada/article30519154/]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/h ... e30519154/[/url]

Poor NHL ratings = Screw Rogers and Gary Bettman (who had MacLean fired)!!!

[TravelPatB]

Bell’s press release promoting their CFL coverage.

[url=http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/cfl-on-tsn-is-canadas-home-for-every-game-of-the-2016-cfl-season-beginning-june-23/]http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/cfl-on ... g-june-23/[/url]

One thing I noticed is that RDS is showing all 18 Als games and 32 other games according to this. Does that mean the other 31 games are only on TSN? Is that the usual number of games for RDS?

RDS delivers French-language coverage of 50 regular season CFL games, including all 18 Montreal Alouettes games, plus the complete CFL playoffs including the 104th GREY CUP presented by Shaw.

[Tridus]

@"KevinRiley2"

Sounds like there’s no joy in Mudville…

Rogers planning to replace Stroumboulopoulos with MacLean on Hockey Night in Canada

[url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/rogers-to-replace-stromboulopoulos-with-ron-maclean-on-hockey-night-in-canada/article30519154/]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/h ... e30519154/[/url]

Poor NHL ratings = Screw Rogers and Gary Bettman (who had MacLean fired)!!!

If by “fired” you mean “moved to the Sunday game”, then probably. Seems to have worked out okay, though. Maclean likes the Hometown Hockey show and apparently wants to keep doing it even if he gets HNIC back.

I hope Bettman gets me fired like that, too.

[TravelPatB]

Clearly the interest the Raptors long playoff run generated carried over to the NBA Finals. When you consider last night’s Game 7 was also on ABC last night it makes these numbers on TSN even more impressive considering those ABC channels were not simsubbed for most cable systems.

[url=http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/last-nights-epic-cavaliers-warriors-game-7-on-tsn-caps-off-most-watched-nba-finals-ever/]http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/last-n ... nals-ever/[/url]

Overnight data from Numeris confirms an average audience of 1.2 million viewers watched last night’s thrilling Game 7 on TSN, which capped off the most-watched NBA FINALS ever.

This year’s NBA FINALS marks a 35% increase in average audience compared to the second most-watched NBA FINALS between the Lakers-Celtics in 2010.

In total, 4.3 million unique Canadian viewers tuned in to watch some part of Game 7 on TSN. Audience levels peaked at 1.73 million viewers late in the dramatic fourth quarter, as Kyrie Irving helped seal the Cavs’ 93-89 victory with a clutch three-pointer in the final minute.

Overall, an average of 870,000 viewers watched the four NBA FINALS games broadcast on TSN:

Game 1 – 844,000
Game 2 – 582,000
Game 5 – 803,000
Game 7 – 1.2 million

FYI - Huge ratings on ABC south of the border with an average of over 30.5 million viewers watching the game with viewership peaking late in the game at 44.5 million - making it the most watched basketball game since 1998.