5/8/1988
The Celtics won the television ratings race against the Bruins Friday night.
In the first direct competition ever between the two teams on free TV during the playoffs, the Celtics-Knicks game on Channel 56 was watched in 290,000 homes, while the Bruins-Devils game was viewed in 232,000 homes.
The Celtics' rating was 14.5, the Bruins' 11.6.
The combined ratings of 26.1 reflected the percentage of the 2 million homes in Greater Boston tuned in to either of the channels. The combined shares of 42 (Celtics 23, Bruins 19) indicated the percentage of homes with television sets on that were watching either game.
The combined ratings were not among the highest in Boston sports history, suggesting that the audience divided for the two key games rather than significantly increased.
5 comments:
Huge game.
CLE wins, and they've got momentum heading into boston. Probably a short series.
Boston wins, then clev must play better to win won in boston. Longer series.
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