Wednesday Night Rivalry
| Wednesday Night Rivalry | |
|---|---|
| Genre | NHL game telecasts |
| Presented by |
English: Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Liam McHugh Mike Milbury Keith Jones Spanish: Andrés Cantor René Giraldo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 87 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 180 minutes or until game ends |
| Production company(s) |
NBC Sports Telemundo Deportes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
NBCSN NBC Universo |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | January 23, 2013 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | NHL on NBC |
Wednesday Night Rivalry (Miércoles de Rivalidad for Spanish-language broadcasts) is the branding used for National Hockey League games that air on NBCSN and NBC Universo on Wednesday nights during the regular season. NBCSN rebranded their coverage of Wednesday night games as Wednesday Night Rivalry in the 2012–13 NHL season. It primarily features rivalry games, although non-rivalry games (such as Los Angeles-Detroit, Pittsburgh-Buffalo, and Chicago-Philadelphia) are common. NBCSN sometimes produces a Wednesday Nightcap game primarily featuring Western Conference teams immediately following their Wednesday Night Rivalry game. Beginning in the 2013–14 NHL season, NBCSN aired the series NHL Rivals, which looks back at the participating teams' historic rivalry, leading up to their Wednesday Night Rivalry game. That same season, NBCSN promoted the games with the slogan "The Night You Love To Hate".
Wednesday Night Rivalry has produced successful viewership for NBCSN.
During its inaugural season, Wednesday Night Rivalry was called "the hottest new brand in sports" by Forbes. It claimed six of the top eight most-watched NHL regular-season telecasts ever on NBC Sports Network and averaged 646,000 viewers. With the success of Wednesday Night Rivalry, the 2012–13 NHL season was the most watched NHL season on cable in 19 years.
During the 2013–14 NHL season, Wednesday Night Rivalry averaged 559,000 viewers, up 26% from its average viewership of Wednesday night games during the 2011–12 NHL season (443,000). The first two seasons of Wednesday Night Rivalry has recorded none games with more than 700,000 viewers as compared to four during the two seasons prior to the introduction of Wednesday Night Rivalry.
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