Olympic Boxing did CNBC's best ratings in two years

[croz]

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rating...ElyBH7clpkh.99

"CNBC:

The home of Olympic Boxing, CNBC averaged 449,000 viewers for its 5-8 p.m. ET Olympic coverage, it's best weeks in the time period since the week of Feb 22, 2010 (Vancouver Olympics).


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[RL_GMA]

What's CNBC's highest rated show?

[croz]

What's CNBC's highest rated show?

dunno but this should tell you how bad the channel is:
http://www.businessinsider.com/cnbc-...k-2010-12?op=1

[RL_GMA]

dunno but this should tell you how bad the channel is:
http://www.businessinsider.com/cnbc-...k-2010-12?op=1

LOL damn....

[croz]

LOL damn....

It's really a strange channel to put a sport on. I know people will say it proves they weren't that devoted to boxing, but the fact is it would have pulled better ratings than shooting or whatever else they were showing. Hell, I think the lower calibre boxing shows pull better numbers than football on NBCS. It's also been noted the women's boxing matches did much better than the men's.

By comparison, the Strikeforce MMA event on Showtime which got their own highest ratings of the year were 500k. So amateur boxing managed to average within that range over a few weeks on a network not even geared up for sports.

[Larry the boss]

Damn shame America didnt even medal

[croz]

Damn shame America didnt even medal

Except for that gold medal they got.

[Larry the boss]

Except for that gold medal they got.

did i miss that??who got gold?

[croz]

did i miss that??who got gold?

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic but Claressa Shields. The women's fights actually had more viewers than the men's IMO.

[croz]

Oh yeah, and Marlen Esparza won bronze. This chick: