Can't Believe Dumb Suits at NBC

[Nate Wesley]

They have a Saturday evening filled with junk (OK, reruns) and a top-tier NHL Stanley Cup Finals pairing (which established a high in number of viewers during game 1) and they relegate it to their cable outlet.

No wonder these idiots are in last place!

Hockey fans should already be used to NBC SN having the games, and that network needs the profitable viewing more than NBC does on a Saturday night.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

NBC has a history of dumb suits going back multiple generations.

Of course, many will cite the original "Star Trek", which NBC almost cancelled in 1968 and then cancelled the next year.

Supposedly, it had great demographic numbers that today's network programmers and advertisers would love, but back in the late 1960's, most network shows were renewed or cancelled based only on "how many" viewers the show had, not who those viewers were.

Had the networks cared about demographics in the late 1960's the way they do now, the original "Star Trek" might have lasted five or six seasons, and Lawrence Welk's network run might have ended several years prior to 1971.

 

[newsmark]

Hockey fans should already be used to NBC SN having the games, and that network needs the profitable viewing more than NBC does on a Saturday night.

Here's another thought.
-NBC knows even people who don't watch a lot of hockey want to watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
-By putting a couple of night's on NBCSN, they think some viewers who don't currently receive NBCSN will call the cable company asking for it--and increase that channel's subscriber fees all year long.

They might get a higher rating on NBC, but the finances might be better overall to have some on NBCSN.