Game 5 TV ratings beat all other programs in Twin Cities

The Wild's playoff series continued to provide big rating numbers for KSTC (Ch. 45). The team's 3-2 loss to Colorado on Thursday fired a series-high 13.8 rating and 23 share in the Twin Cities. That beat all other programming in the Twin Cities for the day,

By Judd Zulgad

Last update: April 18, 2008 - 12:44 PM

The Wild's playoff series continued to provide big rating numbers for KSTC (Ch. 45). The team's 3-2 loss to Colorado on Thursday fired a series-high 13.8 rating and 23 share in the Twin Cities.

That beat all other programming in the Twin Cities for the day, including CBS' popular "CSI" (10.3/18) and "Without a Trace (8.4/14) and NBC's "The Office" (7.4/13) and "Scrubs (7.0/12).

A 13.8 rating means an average of 235,525 households tuned into the game. The previous highest-rating for the series came in Game 1 when KSTC had an 11.3 rating (192,857 households) and 22 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.

A look at the game-by-game ratings for the Wild-Avalanche series:

• Game 1: 11.3 rating, 22 share on KSTC (Colorado 3, Wild 2, OT)

• Game 2: 8.1 rating and 14 share on FSN (Wild 3, Colorado 2, OT)

• Game 3: 11.2 rating and 22 share on KSTC (Wild 3, Colorado 2, OT)

• Game 4: 7.3 rating and 15 share on FSN (Colorado 5, Wild 1)

• Game 5: 13.8 rating and 23 share on KSTC (Colorado 3, Wild 2)

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