Re: Stars fans stayed tuned til 1:30 am

Don't Taze Me, Bro! wrote:
>
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/050508dnspostarstv.cf029325.html
> 
> We may never know how many people really eyeballed Brenden Morrow's 
> series-clinching goal at 1:24 a.m. Monday. But we do know how many 
> Dallas-Fort Worth homes were tuned into the game on Fox S****ts Net
Southwest 
> from 1:15 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.
> 
> The television rating for that quarter hour was a 3.9 with an 18 share.
The 
> rating translates into 94,988 homes, according to Nielsen Media
Research. 
> The 18 share means that 18 percent of all homes with televisions in use
were 
> tuned to the final minutes of the Stars 2-1 four-overtime victory over
the 
> San Jose Sharks.
> Overall, the game scored a Stars playoff high 4.4 average rating
(107,000 
> homes) with an 11 share from 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. It peaked from 10:30
p.m. 
> to 11 p.m. with a 6.0 rating (146,000 homes).

I watched every minute. But I understand why people bailed, hell it's a 
workday tomorrow and with both goalies playing lights out, who could 
tell when it would end. Reminded me vividly of the Stanley Cup clincher...

Venger