CBC ratings strong for all-star weekend
by James Mirtle on Jan 26, 2009 5:23 PM CST
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All eyes were on CBC’S Hockey Night in Canada as Montreal hosted the 57th NHL All-Star Game, attracting a national average audience of 1.516 million viewers. This marks the highest audience for the annual event in the past nine years, coinciding with the last time it was held in a Canadian based market (Toronto, 2000). Not to be outdone, the NHL All-Star Super Skills drew a national average audience of 1.358 million viewers, the largest in the competition’s history.
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I'm not surprised. Montrealers really embraced the event and I'm sure they made up a huge portion of the audience.
Here are the numbers:
| Year | Host City | All Star Game | Skills Competition |
| 2000 | Toronto | 1.557 million | 1.327 million |
| 2001 | Denver | 1.139 million | 971,000 |
| 2002 | Los Angeles | 674,000 | 377,000 |
| 2003 | Ft. Lauderdale | 908,000 | 861,000 |
| 2004 | Saint Paul | 1.169 million | 1.190 million |
| 2005 | N/A | NHL Lockout | NHL Lockout |
| 2006 | N/A | Torino Olympics | Torino Olympics |
| 2007 | Dallas | 1.310 million | 1.096 million |
| 2008 | Atlanta | 1.163 million | 1.030 million |
| 2009 | Montreal | 1.516 million | 1.358 million |
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Is that 1.516 television sets tuned in, or is it an approximate guess at how many people watched the game?
by PullinTheGoalie on Jan 27, 2009 9:17 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Number of individual viewers watching the game.
by James Mirtle on Jan 27, 2009 9:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And don’t forget that RDS probably saw a record number of viewers.
by PRC on Jan 27, 2009 10:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I think RDS’ viewer record is somewhere in the playoffs against Boston, and I really don’t think the ASG comes close.
by Habs on Jan 27, 2009 11:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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