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TV ratings: 'SYTYCD' leads, Stanley Cup strong for NBC Wednesday
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Fast National ratings for Wednesday, June 9, 2010The Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup win pulled in the best ratings for televised hockey in a long time on Wednesday, but at least for now FOX and "So You Think You Can Dance" are the night's leaders.
FOX drew just over 8 million viewers and a 4.9 rating/8 share in households in primetime. NBC, which aired the Stanley Cup game, was close behind at 7.6 million and 4.4/8, numbers that will change some when the live broadcast is accounted for. CBS (7 million, 4.7/8) came in third. ABC (3.9 million, 2.6/5) finished fourth, and The CW trailed at 1.2 million viewers and a 0.8/1.
The story was pretty much the same in the adults 18-49 demographic, with FOX's 3.0 rating edging NBC's 2.9. CBS took third with a 1.7, followed by ABC, 1.2, and The CW, 0.5.
Wednesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
FOX: "So You Think You Can Dance" (8 million viewers, 4.9/9 households)
NBC: NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 - Chicago at Philadelphia (6.1 million, 3.6/7)
ABC: "The Middle" reruns - two episodes (4.7 million, 3.2/6)
CBS: "How I Met Your Mother" rerun (4.2 million, 2.8/5)/"Rules of Engagement" rerun (4.4 million, 3.0/5)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" rerun (1.3 million, 0.9/2)
18-49 leader: "So You Think You Can Dance" (2.9)
9 p.m.
CBS: "Criminal Minds" rerun (8.4 million, 5.5/9)
FOX: "So You Think You Can Dance" (8.05 million, 4.9/8)
NBC: Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 (7.4 million, 4.2/7)
ABC: "Modern Family" rerun (5 million, 3.3/6)/"Cougar Town" rerun (3.6 million, 2.6/4)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" rerun (1.1 million, 0.7/1)
18-49 leader: "So You Think You Can Dance" (3.1)
10 p.m.
NBC: Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 (9.2 million, 5.2/9)
CBS: "CSI: NY" rerun (8.3 million, 5.7/10)
ABC: "Happy Town" (2.6 million, 1.9/3)
18-49 leader: Stanley Cup Finals (3.7)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change, especially in the case of live telecasts. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Hockey is by far the most exciting sport on TV !!
I am glad one of the main networks carried the Playoffs... All I ever see is NFL / NBA garbage and those players are the scum of the earth.
Hockey is a great sport and it is great exercise.. even if you don't play then skating is still great fun for everyone.
Flyers had a very entertaining season Thanks A Lot guys for hours of escape & enjoyment.
On the subject of my posting "CBS is for old people," I apologize profusely for even having an opinion, since all the rest of you visitors to this board are all clearly so much smarter and better and have such amazing things to say.
Donna its like you are Madonna's Human Nature, Having to say you are sorry for being a strong woman now days is not ok. Funny how when then changed the posting thing and deleted our posts about not liking boring CBS, they user comments have gone down.
The Middle did great last night against hockey and now tonight we can watch a real sport like NBA, sad how NBS gets all the loser stuff, poor things.
Glad hockey did well. But i watched cbs last night because im old *28*. LOL
its funny, we all know **** is donna, so **** sticking up for donna is a sad joke in itself, donna is just a lonely desperate woman, who wants attention that she never gets from the real world.
if ppl actually understood hockey, ratings would be doubled. instead ppl like to watch boring, slow sports like golf, or baseball.
no attention span needed.
Funny how Waxine has a foul mouth and has to get bleeped by Preta with her posts.... Sad, poorthing.
Waxine is probably Rena.
I really think there is one person posting under 5 different names. I admit, I've posted under the legendary **** name before, but with the tv season over its not as fun so I'll wait til next season. Have fun watching boring old cop shows on cbs while I'm out everyday at the beach, poor things, lol...
lol, since when is M-E-O-W a bad word?