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CSN California sees a record 6.57 rating for Sharks series clinching game 5 against Detroit

THE SHARKS CELEBRATED A 4-1 SERIES WIN OVER DETROIT SATURDAY

CSN California set record viewership numbers Saturday night for game 5. The Sharks 2-1 series clinching win drew a 6.57 rating, and averaged over 164,250 households. That is up 58% over comparable numbers for game 5 against Colorado in the first round. Saturday’s game 5 ratings soared from 9:15-9:30, with a peak rating of 9.14 and 229,000 households.

It is the highest rated Sharks broadcast ever on Comcast, surpassing the previous high set during the quadruple overtime game 6 loss to Dallas in the 2008 WCSF. That game posted a 5.9 on CSNBA. Numbers were up across the board Saturday night for Comcast. A season high 77,000 households tuned in for the Sharks Postgame live wrapup show, and traffic on CSNCalifornia.com has increased 208% since the first game of the WCQF series against Colorado.

The TSN telecast of Sharks-Detroit on Saturday night was watched by 1.27 million viewers in Canada according to former Globe and Mail media reporter William Houston.

The NHL’s cable partner Versus held exclusive broadcast rights for the first two games of the San Jose-Detroit series. Versus registered 1.4 and 1.6 ratings for the Thursday and Saturday broadcasts respectively. Game 2 alone reached 1.77 million viewers in the United States. It was the largest audience for a Conference Semifinal broadcast in Versus history, and the largest Conference Semifinal audience on cable in 10 years.

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