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ESPN Numbers In

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by , Nov 13, 2008 | 3:32 pm

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From the flaks at ESPN:

POKER’S PREMIERE EVENT ENJOYS SIGNIFICANT AUDIENCE INCREASE ON ESPN

As Denmark’s Peter Eastgate became the youngest champion ever in front of a packed house in Las Vegas, nearly 2.4 million viewers were tuned into ESPN’s groundbreaking same-day coverage of the World Series of Poker, presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light on Tuesday, November 11.

The telecast earned a 1.9 rating, up 46% from 1.3 for the final showdown in 2007, and represents 1,905,000 homes and 2,364,000 viewers in the average minute. Those are increases of 53% in homes (from 1,249,000) and 52% among viewers (from 1,552,000).

For the 2008 season’s schedule of 32 shows, averages were 0.9 rating, 919,000 homes and 1,126,000 people, up 13% among homes (from 815,000) and 15% among viewers (from 981,000).
Eastgate, 22, of Odense, Denmark, shattered Phil Hellmuth’s record as youngest champion of the no-limit Texas Hold ’em tournament by two years. Hellmuth was 24 when he won in 1989.

ADDENDUM: Commish Jeffrey P’s bloggage on the overall success.


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6 Comments to “ESPN Numbers In”


  1. Kevin Mathers     says:
    November 13th, 2008 at 3:35pm

    The final table delay will happen in 2009, nuff said.

    Also, highest rating poker show since 2004.


  2. DanM     says:
    November 13th, 2008 at 3:39pm

    I’m kinda shocked the press release doesn’t mention it all the way back to ’04. What are they afraid of? We all know ’06 was a peak that we somehow got knocked down from. And it probably doesn’t hurt for others to know that, too.

    So do these numbers represent a huge success (my prediction back 4 months ago) … or do they represent a slight success that were able to be presented in a huge success light (my prediction 4 weeks/days ago).


  3. Kevin Mathers     says:
    November 13th, 2008 at 3:47pm

    Pollack mentioned on his “blog” that they were the highest since 2004. Considering they were up almost 50% year to year, they’re closer to a huge success.


  4. Kevin Mathers     says:
    November 13th, 2008 at 3:56pm

    From a post back in May on 2+2, Oliver was looking for 1.9-2m viewers. When Raymer won in 2004, there was 2.8m viewers.


  5. Kevin Mathers     says:
    November 13th, 2008 at 4:17pm

    Oliver made the above comment at http://tinyurl.com/wsopexpectations (post 27)


  6. DanM     says:
    November 13th, 2008 at 4:22pm

    So wow, he nailed the number, huh? Say what you will about the Tse-man, he knows his television data.