Monday, February 19, 2007

2006-2007 Ratings Update

On January 6th, 2007 Alan Pergament updated Sabres fans on the team's ratings in his weekly column: (Buffalo News articles remain active for a shot period of time.)

While there has been national concern about declining NHL ratings in many team markets, the Buffalo Sabres' fast start has led to more ratings success on MSG this season. The MSG games have averaged an impressive 5.6 here and the average hits 6.0 when you include the games carried on Versus, according to WIVB-TV researcher Bob Gallivan. A year ago, the current average was 4.9. To put the 6.0 average in perspective, it is better than many prime time regular series get on NBC, Fox and ABC. And Sabres ratings are bound to increase once the playoffs approach.

Once again, the 6.0 overall rating was good enough to be the top local rating for NHL games in the United States.

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