
NEW RECORD: Last Night’s Warriors-Suns Game Delivers Highest-Rated Warriors Telecast in CSN Bay Area History; Game Attracts Over 324K Television Households
Season-to-Date Warriors Household Ratings +101% Compared to 2014-15 Viewership
Top 10 Highest-Rated Warriors Games in Network History Have Occurred this Season
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 17, 2015) – CSN Bay Area (@CSNAuthentic), the home of “Authentic Bay Area Sports,” once again registered its highest-rated Golden State Warriors telecast in the history of the network – an 11.42 TV household rating for its coverage of last night’s Warriors-Phoenix Suns game. The telecast averaged approximately 283,850 households (SF DMA – San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose) for the entire game and posted a 13.08 peak rating during the 9 p.m. quarter hour (approximately 324,943 households). The previous rating high was on Dec. 11th when the network posted an 11.07 household rating for the Warriors-Boston Celtics game.
The Warriors-Suns game telecast was the highest-rated program during the market time period in households and key advertising demos: Adults 18-49 (5.52), Adults 25-54 (6.46), Men 18-49 (6.15), Men 25-54 (7.98), Women 18-49 (4.87) and Women 25-54 (4.93). In addition to the game ratings, CSN Bay Area posted significant household ratings for its signature shows Warriors Pregame Live (1.51, approximately 37,428 households), Warriors Postgame Live (5.65, approximately 140,349 households) and SportsNet Central (2.65, approximately 65,822 households).
Additional highlights include:
- Year-to-date, Warriors average household ratings on CSN Bay Area is 7.59 (approximately 188,488 households), up +101% compared to 2014-15 regular season viewership and is on pace to be the highest rating ever for the team;
- CSN Bay Area’s top 10 highest-rated Warriors games have occurred this season:
1) 12 /16/15 vs. Phoenix Suns 11.42
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2) 12/11/15 @ Boston Celtics 11.07
3) 12/12/15 @ Milwaukee Bucks 9.96
4) 11/22/15 @ Denver Nuggets 9.59
5) 11/30/15 @ Utah Jazz 9.33
6) 12/5/15 @ Toronto Raptors 9.21
7) 12/6/15 @ Brooklyn Nets 8.80
8) 11/27/15 @ Phoenix Suns 8.79
9) 12/8/15 @ Indiana Pacers 8.76
10) 11/17/15 vs. Toronto Raptors 8.65
- Warriors Pregame Live (+50%) and Warriors Postgame Live (+144%) have posted impressive households gains compared to last season. Warriors Postgame Live is delivering a household rating average of a 4.92 (approximately 122,337 households); and
- Through 23 games, fans have consumed +21 million minutes of streamed Warriors games on CSNBayArea.com and via NBC Sports Live Extra.
CSN Bay Area and CSN California, both part of NBC Sports Regional Networks, serve more than four million households in Northern California, Nevada, Southern Oregon and Hawaii. CSN Bay Area, the television home of MLB’s San Francisco Giants, NBA’s Golden State Warriors, and the official regional sports network of the San Francisco 49ers, also features a robust lineup of Emmy Award-winning news, analysis and original programming. CSN California offers live coverage of MLB’s Oakland Athletics, NBA’s Sacramento Kings, NHL’s San Jose Sharks, MLS’s San Jose Earthquakes and is the official regional sports network of the Oakland Raiders. Collectively, these networks deliver more than 600 live sporting events per year, over 1,500 live studio shows, including SportsNet Central, SportsTalk Live, Pregame Live, Postgame Live, Press Conference Live, as well as compelling digital content, up-to-the-minute scores, highlights and breaking news via www.CSNBayArea.com and www.CSNCalifornia.com. Follow both networks on Twitter via @CSNAuthentic.
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