21 March, 2010

Category Archives: NBC

Oh So Worth Another Look

15 March, 2010

Now this is an unassisted tally if there ever was one — Nick Backstrom initiating his game-winning goal on Sunday with a deft stick-check of Troy Brouwer deep in his own end, then going coast-to-coast to occasion tears into the Windy City’s green river:

Also filed in 2 Points, Chicago Blackhawks, Media, National Hockey League, Nicklas Backstrom, TV, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

In Canada, Even Pets Watched Sunday’s Gold Medal Game

2 March, 2010

It was a bit of a riptide that swirled across and through new media yesterday afternoon — more than 27 million Americans tuned in to the gold medal game on Sunday, making it the highest rated hockey on television in the States in 30 years. You had to go all the way back to Lake [...]

Also filed in Hardcore Hockey Fans, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, Oh Canada!, TV, Vancouver Olympics | Comments (3)

Almost 30 Million Sets of American Eyeballs on Hockey Yesterday

1 March, 2010

Steve Lepore of Puck the Media offers a compelling contextualization for the American viewership numbers for yesterday’s gold medal game:  You have to go all the way back to Lake Placid 30 years ago to find numbers better than yesterday’s for the NBC broadcast.
“Sunday afternoon’s USA vs. Canada gold medal hockey game, that NBC’s Bob [...]

Also filed in Blogging, Media, New media, Puck the Media, TV, USA Hockey, Vancouver Olympics, hockey blogging | Comments (0)

Keith Olberman’s Never Seen These Numbers

23 February, 2010

Holy Congested-on-Cable, Batman!

You gotta figure NBC will ponder moving the Winter Classic over to MSNBC now, and see if it can’t locate an ice dancing competition for New Years afternoon for the big outlet.
Tip of the hat to Steve Lepore of Puck the Media for rounding up more impressive TV numbers from Sunday night. The [...]

Also filed in Hockey, Media, Oh Canada!, TV, Vancouver Olympics | Comments (14)

High Drama in Aboriginal Dress

22 February, 2010

Pictured here: lead players from last night’s ice dancing competition at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, whom NBC chose to spotlight in prime time in lieu of a certain high-profile hockey game. Core demographic served: those who should be cross-checked in the head.

Also filed in Media, Olympic hockey, TV | Comments (10)

Maybe . . . Just Maybe . . . NBC Wishes It Had Run Hockey Last Night

22 February, 2010

Before we address last night’s U.S.-Canada showdown, a word of hello from the Capitals’ captain to the former Capitals’ quitter, at Olympic center ice, in Super Sunday’s first big game:

Can’t watch that too often, can we? The only way to improve on that Marlboro Man moment would have been if Jagr were still dating a [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, American Hockey, Forgotten Miracle, Hockey Movies, Hockey Night in Canada, John Carlson, Media, Olympic hockey, USA Hockey, Vancouver Olympics | Comments (16)

A Statement Win with the Nation Watching

8 February, 2010

On Super Snowy Super Sunday, a statement win. Against them. Extending a historic winning streak. Let us go sledding in red and enjoy another snow day.
Turning point? In a game in which the Caps trailed 4-1, I actually thought it came with Ovi beating Marc-Andre Fleury on a second-period breakaway to cut a 2-0 deficit in half. [...]

Also filed in 2 Points, Alexander Ovechkin, Bruce Boudreau, Eastern Conference, Media, Mike Milbury, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals | Comments (8)

SnowBomb II on Its Way

3 February, 2010

Another Snowbomb is headed our way, timed to white-out another Washington weekend:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
245 PM EST WED FEB 3 2010
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING [...]

Also filed in Hockey Weather, Media, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins, TV, Washington Capitals | Comments (17)

Winter Classic III: Hits and Misses

2 January, 2010

There’s a 108 percent chance of the Capitals participating in the 2011 Winter Classic, unless you believe that the NHL would like to see another dump-and-chase exhibition seriously limited in its offensive prowess competency. Through two periods Saturday the novice hockey viewer at home could have been forgiven for believing that teams were penalized for shooting [...]

Also filed in Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins, Hockey Weather, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic | Comments (10)

Cowboys vs. Capitals on NBC

28 December, 2009

The Cowboys’ shutout of the ‘Skins during last night’s Sunday Night Football on NBC provided a number of Capitals references. Here are some tweets along those lines,
via @nateewell:

and this one via @Emfrank123:

and another via @Gunaxin:

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, National Hockey League, Washington Capitals, Washington Redskins, Washington the Hockey Town | Comments (3)

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