Hockey Night in Canada ratings plummet since Don Cherry’s firing
According to a new report from the Toronto Sun, the ratings for Hockey Night in Canada have declined sharply since the firing of Canadian icon Don Cherry.
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According to a new report from the Toronto Sun, the ratings for Hockey Night in Canada have declined sharply since the firing of Canadian icon Don Cherry.
According to a new report from the Toronto Sun’s Brian Lilley, the ratings for Hockey Night in Canada have declined sharply since the firing of Canadian icon Don Cherry.
Lilley writes, “in the two weeks following Cherry’s dismissal the eastern broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada failed to make the Top 30 TV shows ranked by Numeris.
That means the premier hockey game in Canada failed to draw as many viewers as NCIS: New Orleans, one of two NCIS shows in the top 30.
It also failed to replace Chicago Fire and Chicago Med.”
LILLEY: Dumping Don Cherry hurting HNIC ratings | Toronto Sun https://t.co/9jo2tYufbz
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Lilley pointed out that “the most recent ratings available show Hockey Night in Canada down more than half a million viewers from their peak earlier this year. The December 13 main game drew just 810,000 viewers compared to 983,000 for the same weekend in 2018.”
The Numeris numbers are as follows:
October 5: 1247 October 12: 1364 October 19: 1150 October 26: 1102 November 2: 989 November 9: 1027 November 16:n/a November 23:n/a November 30: 1053 December 7: 822 December 14: 810
in a wildly unpopular move, Sportsnet fired Cherry on Remembrance Day after he criticized new Canadians for not wearing the poppy to honour veterans.
Cherry has since launched his own podcast that is one of the most popular in Canada.
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