The Pittsburgh Penguins are in a world of trouble. Down 0-2 in the series after another 3-1 loss, it appeared they would also be without Evgeni Malkin for game three - which some might say would be his third game out - after he drew an instigator penalty late in the game for jumping Henrik Zetterberg. Guess if you can't beat 'em, try to beat 'em. The NHL has said he won't be suspended because they want to avoid a sweep (okay, making the last part up there). Does anyone believe that the Pens can take four of five over the Wings now? Can't say I do really, not when Marc-Andre Fleury is giving up howlers like he did on the third Wings goal last night. Hilites below...Rafael Nadal lost for the first time at the French Open. Ever. Four tournies and four wins leading up to this year and it is "adios" in a four set loss to somebody named Robin Soderling. Roger Federer was taken to five sets this morning against Tommy Haas, but survived..10 of the 14 earned runs given up by Toronto Blue Jays rookie Ricky Romero have been homers. That's how she goes sometimes, Ricky. Wonder how his neck is feeling? The Jays took two of three from Boston on the weekend...Joe Nieuwendyk is off to Dallas to become the Stars new General Manager. If all the reports are true, the Stars got themselves a good one...Liverpool star Steven Gerrard offers these tips on picking up the ladies: "go ugly, avoid the rush"...no, I didn't miss the Toronto FC game on Saturday, a 3-0 ass whipping at the hands of the Houston Dynamo, I was just so infuriated by rank amateur defending I chose not to talk about it. That said, where's the designated player, said to be a defender, we've heard so much about?...Florida State hammered Ohio State 37-6. No, this wasn't a football bowl game, but the longest baseball game in NCAA history, and 17 other records tied or broken by Free Shoes U...after two months of playing well below his lofty standards, the Cleveland Indians figured something was off with Grady Sizemore, and he's now on the DL...the Chris Bosh trade rumours remain. The latest has him dealt for Carlos Boozer, in what would have to be a sign and trade for the free agent Boozer, and would immediately result in me purchasing a Raptors jersey, or in a package including Luol Deng from the Chicago Bulls. Ominous words from the NY Daily News: "the Raptors privately, are acknowledging for the first time that they might need to trade Bosh, rather than risk losing him to free agency in 2010"...have a great Monday.Monday, June 1, 2009
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The Pittsburgh Penguins are in a world of trouble. Down 0-2 in the series after another 3-1 loss, it appeared they would also be without Evgeni Malkin for game three - which some might say would be his third game out - after he drew an instigator penalty late in the game for jumping Henrik Zetterberg. Guess if you can't beat 'em, try to beat 'em. The NHL has said he won't be suspended because they want to avoid a sweep (okay, making the last part up there). Does anyone believe that the Pens can take four of five over the Wings now? Can't say I do really, not when Marc-Andre Fleury is giving up howlers like he did on the third Wings goal last night. Hilites below...Rafael Nadal lost for the first time at the French Open. Ever. Four tournies and four wins leading up to this year and it is "adios" in a four set loss to somebody named Robin Soderling. Roger Federer was taken to five sets this morning against Tommy Haas, but survived..10 of the 14 earned runs given up by Toronto Blue Jays rookie Ricky Romero have been homers. That's how she goes sometimes, Ricky. Wonder how his neck is feeling? The Jays took two of three from Boston on the weekend...Joe Nieuwendyk is off to Dallas to become the Stars new General Manager. If all the reports are true, the Stars got themselves a good one...Liverpool star Steven Gerrard offers these tips on picking up the ladies: "go ugly, avoid the rush"...no, I didn't miss the Toronto FC game on Saturday, a 3-0 ass whipping at the hands of the Houston Dynamo, I was just so infuriated by rank amateur defending I chose not to talk about it. That said, where's the designated player, said to be a defender, we've heard so much about?...Florida State hammered Ohio State 37-6. No, this wasn't a football bowl game, but the longest baseball game in NCAA history, and 17 other records tied or broken by Free Shoes U...after two months of playing well below his lofty standards, the Cleveland Indians figured something was off with Grady Sizemore, and he's now on the DL...the Chris Bosh trade rumours remain. The latest has him dealt for Carlos Boozer, in what would have to be a sign and trade for the free agent Boozer, and would immediately result in me purchasing a Raptors jersey, or in a package including Luol Deng from the Chicago Bulls. Ominous words from the NY Daily News: "the Raptors privately, are acknowledging for the first time that they might need to trade Bosh, rather than risk losing him to free agency in 2010"...have a great Monday.
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given i have issues with sleeveless shirts, i gotta come clean and say if boozer comes to the raps, i might be an owner of a basketball jersey for the first time.
16,000 were the ratings for that TFC game.
In my best John McEnroe voice:
"You CANNOT be serious!"
Question: is that 16,000 just the season ticket holders? HA!
going against the hockey final and the basketball final, not surprised.
also, when there are that many empty seats, it's a fricking eye sore and takes away from the "feeling" of importance.
hopefully boozer wears #4 so we can keep the CB4.
i mean basketball semifinal.
(not that that got great ratings here ... i'd bet.)
I'd prefer CB12oz or CB24
A little more insight from the dude who gets these figures:
Please Note - all times Eastern Time Zone...
2030-2230 SportsNet Ontario Region = 13,000
2030-2230 SportsNet Pacific Region = 3,000
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Total Audience Sportsnet = 16,000
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Of Note:
2000-2300 CBC Stanley Cup Final G1 = 1,726,000
2030-2310 TSN NBA Cleveland/Orlando = 152,000
1300-1600 SportsNet National MLB Toronto/Boston = 319,000
= = = = = = = = = = = =
The TFC ratings have a very large range in age - which makes it tough for advertisers to market (aka spend money) agressively... And in the end, thats what keeps things on the air...
In the Ontario region, 5,000 of the 13,000 were in the PRIME 18-34 range (almost 40% of the audience) which is good... However 4,000 (30% of the audience) was in the 55-plus age range, which advertisers due not target as aggressively at all...
That has the audience basically spread out over the entire age ranges - do you buy advertising for Coors Light or Scotch? Hyundai Tiburon or Cadillac? Etc etc etc...
In the Pacific region, the 18-34 range didn't register a raiting (under 1000), with 2/3rds of the audience registering 25-55+...
Wow, that is staggering bad.
i think the low number in alberta is cuz bukkake continually hosts these huge bashes for the game so there are, like, 1,000 people huddled around his tv ... which only counts for viewership of one.
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