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Wild-Avs Game 1 a hit on TV
- Article by: JUDD ZULGAD , Star Tribune
- Updated: April 10, 2008 - 12:54 PM
Wild playoff opener grabs a big TV rating while Timberwolves are virtually ignored.
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The Wild's 3-2 overtime loss to Colorado on Wednesday provided a ratings victory for KSTC.
The game registered a preliminary rating of 11.2 with a 21 share, beating all prime-time programming. This included original shows on CBS and the popular "American Idol," which had a 10.1 rating and 19 share from 7 to 9 p.m. on Fox affiliate KMSP (Ch. 9).
The 11.2 means an average of 189,444 households were tuned in. The ratings, which are measured in quarter-hours, peaked between 10:30 and 10:45 p.m. with a mammoth 16.0 (273,072 households) and 33 share.
The rating is the percentage watching a program among all television households; share is the percentage tuned in among those homes with TVs in use at the time.
The Twins and Timberwolves also added to the prime-time competition on television Wednesday.
The Twins' 12-5 victory over the White Sox in Chicago had a very strong preliminary rating of 9.1 with a 16 share on WFTC (Ch. 29).
Not surprisingly, the woeful Timberwolves were essentially ignored.
The prelim number for their 122-90 loss to New Orleans at Target Center was a 0.1 with a 2 share. That means an average of 1,068 households watched the rout.
Final ratings number for Wednesday will be released later today.
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| Minnesota - LP: V. Worley | 3 | FINAL |
| Atlanta - WP: P. Maholm | 8 |
| Cincinnati - WP: A. Simon | 7 | FINAL |
| NY Mets - LP: B. Parnell | 4 |
| Los Angeles - WP: H. Ryu | 9 | FINAL |
| Milwaukee - LP: W. Peralta | 2 |
| Oakland - LP: J. Parker | 1 | FINAL |
| Texas - WP: R. Wolf | 3 |
| Arizona - LP: T. Cahill | 1 | FINAL |
| Colorado - WP: J. De La Rosa | 4 |
| Washington - WP: T. Clippard | 2 | FINAL |
| San Francisco - LP: J. Affeldt | 1 |
| Tampa Bay - LP: C. Ramos | 3 | FINAL |
| Toronto - WP: A. Loup | 4 |
| Chicago Cubs - LP: J. Samardzija | 0 | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh - WP: F. Liriano | 1 |
| Detroit - WP: J. Verlander | 11 | FINAL |
| Cleveland - LP: U. Jimenez | 7 |
| NY Yankees - LP: H. Kuroda | 3 | FINAL |
| Baltimore - WP: J. Hammel | 6 |
| Seattle - LP: B. Maurer | 1 | FINAL |
| LA Angels - WP: C. Wilson | 7 |
| Philadelphia - WP: C. Lee | 3 | FINAL |
| Miami - LP: K. Slowey | 0 |
| Boston - WP: C. Buchholz | 6 | FINAL |
| Chicago WSox - LP: H. Santiago | 2 |
| Kansas City - LP: J. Shields | 1 | FINAL |
| Houston - WP: J. Lyles | 3 |
| St. Louis - WP: T. Lyons | 5 | FINAL |
| San Diego - LP: B. Smith | 3 |
| Indiana | 102 | FINAL |
| Miami | 103 |
| Pittsburgh | 7 | FINAL |
| Ottawa | 3 |
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