Wow - wow! Check out these ratings numbers. Off the chart!
4 thoughts on “Maybe Pittsburgh is now Hockeytown?”
Based upon the Penguins fans that I have come into contact with, I’d wager that half of them just couldn’t figure out how to change the channel to WWE.
Whatever, they are still scum.
While those may sound like some good numbers, they pale in comparison to Moscow– a real Hockeytown. During the finals of the World Championship in Quebec City–
“RIA NOVOSTI reports that over one half of Moscow television viewers were witness to Team Russia’s victory in the finals of the World Championship in Canada, according to data collected by consumer research firm TNS Gallup Media. According to Gallup’s data, the live transmission on the television channel “Rossiya” had 28.1% viewing in the first period, 32.1% in the second period, 37.7% in the third, and 51.5% viewing for the overtime and awards portion” (source: championat.ru 5/19/08)
A 47 share in a town where deaths have been exceeding births for years, according to a recent New York Times article, means Pittsburgh will someday have no residents to watch TV.
Based upon the Penguins fans that I have come into contact with, I’d wager that half of them just couldn’t figure out how to change the channel to WWE.
Whatever, they are still scum.
While those may sound like some good numbers, they pale in comparison to Moscow– a real Hockeytown. During the finals of the World Championship in Quebec City–
“RIA NOVOSTI reports that over one half of Moscow television viewers were witness to Team Russia’s victory in the finals of the World Championship in Canada, according to data collected by consumer research firm TNS Gallup Media. According to Gallup’s data, the live transmission on the television channel “Rossiya” had 28.1% viewing in the first period, 32.1% in the second period, 37.7% in the third, and 51.5% viewing for the overtime and awards portion” (source: championat.ru 5/19/08)
A 47 share in a town where deaths have been exceeding births for years, according to a recent New York Times article, means Pittsburgh will someday have no residents to watch TV.