Sunday, December 14, 2008

"Sports Soup" probably had something to do with this - 11-13-08



According to a Versus press release (via The Confluence), that Penguins-Red Wings fray on Tuesday generated the highest ratings for a regular season/nhl game ever on that plucky little cable access channel."The game garnered a .5 national HH rating, matching the best rating fora regular-season/nhl game ever on the network. Locally, Pittsburghreceived a 5.8 HH rating and Detroit delivered a 3.3 HH rating, makingVERSUS the #1 rated cable network in both markets for the 7:00-9:45p.m. ET period. "True story: During the/nhl's first season on OLN, we were in a bar and wanted to watch a playoff game between the Red Wings and Oilers. We asked the bartender if they had OLN. He responded, "What about an oily onion?"Source

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