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NHL FINAL: BEST RATINGS INCE 1974

June 10, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

The final game of hockey’s Stanley Cup averaged 7.57 million viewers in primetime, peaking in the 10:30 p.m. half-hour with 9.64 million. (Numbers for the 11:00 p.m. half hour were not immediately available, but were likely higher.) It was the biggest audience to watch a televised hockey match since 1974. The first two hours of […]

GOODBYE, “BETTY”

April 15, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

ABC’s Ugly Betty aired its series finale Wednesday night, and the results weren’t pretty. The episode drew 5.4 million viewers, slightly better than its season average but nevertheless putting it in last place in its 10:00 p.m. time period. By contrast, CBS’s CSI: NY came in first with 10.9 million viewers and NBC’s Law & […]