Wednesday’s airing of the Atlanta Hawks-Boston Celtics game that was won by Paul Pierce at the buzzer garnered the highest ratings ever for Comcast SportsNet New England. Thanks to the fine people at CSN for sending this over.<\/p>\n
\nCELTICS-HAWKS TELECAST HIGHEST RATED REGULAR SEASON GAME IN COMCAST SPORTSNET HISTORY<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\nFinal Half Hour Top Rated Program on Boston TV<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\nBURLINGTON<\/span><\/span><\/b>, MA<\/span><\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/span><\/b>\u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>The Boston Celtics are responding to the challenges of defending their 17th<\/sup> NBA Championship and Celtics fans responded in record numbers for Comcast SportsNet\u2019s Celtics-Hawks telecast. The rematch of NBA first round playoff opponents was viewed by an estimated 245,000 households in New England. Specifically in the Boston television market, 163,000 households watched the game, a record 6.8 household rating.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPaul Pierce\u2019s game winning basket was viewed by an estimated 364,000 households in New England when the audience peaked between 10:15 – 10:30 p.m. In Boston, 245,000 households viewed the game winner as the ratings peaked at a 10.2 household rating. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDuring the final 30 minutes of the Celtics-Hawks (10 \u2013 10:30 p.m.) Comcast SportsNet\u2019s telecast was the highest rated program on Boston TV averaging a 10.1 household rating. Comcast SportsNet outrated such programs as the Boston Bruins, House (Fox), CSI: NY (CBS) and Law & Order (NBC).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nComcast SportsNet\u2019s previous regular season high rating was a 5.7 for the Celtics-Pistons telecast on March 5, 2008. The network (aka Prism, SportsChannel New England, Fox Sports Net New England) has carried Celtics games for the past 28 seasons.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThe Celtics are white hot. Paul Pierce is playing at an MVP level and the team has responded to the challenges of being the defending champs. At this pace, Celtics fans are in for an exciting season,\u201d said Bill Bridgen, Comcast SportsNet executive vice president and general manager.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nCertainly good news for Comcast SportsNet New England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bruce Allen over at the Boston Sports Media Watch beat me to this having posted it on his blog, but…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42084987],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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