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TV ratings: Bruins win Stanley Cup, NBC wins ratings Wednesday
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Fast National ratings for Wednesday, June 15, 2011The deciding game of the NHL's Stanley Cup Finals scored for NBC Wednesday, improving on the fast national numbers for last year's final game and giving the NHL its biggest audience on American TV in a long time.
NBC's numbers will change some because of the live telecast, but as things stand the network led the night with 8.05 million viewers and a 4.6 rating/8 share in households. FOX (7.4 million, 4.4/7) came in second, a good ways ahead of CBS (5.8 million, 3.8/6). ABC was fourth with 4.5 million viewers and a 2.9/5, while The CW (1.2 million, 0.8/1) trailed.
The Boston Bruins' victory also delivered among adults 18-49, giving NBC a 3.2 rating for the evening. FOX finished second in the demographic with a 2.6. ABC's 1.4 beat CBS' 1.2 for third, and The CW came in at 0.4.
Wednesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
FOX: "So You Think You Can Dance" (7.15 million viewers, 4.3/8 households)
NBC: Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 (7 million, 4.1/7)
CBS: "Undercover Boss" rerun (4.6 million, 3.0/5)
ABC: "The Middle" reruns - two episodes (4.2 million, 2.8/5)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" rerun (1.2 million, 0.8/1)
18-49 leader: "SYTYCD" and the Stanley Cup finals tied at 2.6
9 p.m.
NBC: Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 (8.2 million, 4.7/8)
FOX: "So You Think You Can Dance" (7.6 million, 4.4/7)
CBS: "Criminal Minds" rerun (6.2 million, 4.1/7)
ABC: "Modern Family" reruns - two episodes (4.15 million, 2.7/4)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" rerun (1.2 million, 0.8/1)
18-49 leader: Stanley Cup Finals (3.3)
10 p.m.
NBC: Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 (9 million, 5.1/9)
CBS: "Blue Bloods" rerun (6.6 million, 4.3/7)
ABC: Special - "Caught in the Act" (5.1 million, 3.3/6)
18-49 leader: Stanley Cup Finals (3.6)
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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HOORAY for the Boston Bruins on winning the Stanley Cup in almost four decades. The Vancouver Canucks wish they should've been born since 1994.
Spoilester is a tampon louse. Haha lol purr sad thin. Noww off to Yoda.
M E O W= was told to take the green pill NOT the red one today!
Yay Bruins!!! Great game!!!
ericthemidget = Spoilester's lackey
This Year's Stanley Cup is excelent just as much as last year's.
Last Year is was the Chicago Black Hawks ending the 49 Year drought and this year it's the Boston Bruins ending the 39 year drought.
I see the poison is back on here in M E O W...what's the matter you piece of garbage, cat got your tongue for a few days? You pile of vermin! Go check yourself into rehab with Dr. Drew and get the help you need, you pathetic pile of elephant dung!!
Eric, she's color-blind..she wouldn't know what red was to green if you showed her a picture of each color. That's how stupid she is!