Canucks-Flyers breaks CSN viewing record

PHILADELPHIA (October 13, 2011) Last night’s Flyers home opener on Comcast SportsNet delivered a 5.1 household rating (155,000 HHs), making it the highest regular season Flyers game in Comcast SportsNet’s history.

Last night’s Flyers 5-4 victory was #1 in male demos with M18-49 posting a 4.93 HH rating and M25-54 a 5.04 rating.

“Flyers Postgame Live” also posted strong numbers with a 2.5 HH rating (76,000 HHs). The program was also #1 in M18-49 & M25-54 demos delivering 2.73 and 2.55 ratings respectively. “Flyers Pregame Live” delivered a 1.6 HH rating (49,000 HHs) for the first home game of the season.

During the 2010-11 season, Flyers games averaged a 2.4 rating on Comcast SportsNet and a 2.0 rating on The Comcast Network, a 9% and 25% increase respectively over the 2009-10 season.

The Flyers return to Comcast SportsNet on Saturday, October 15 when they take on the Los Angeles Kings.