UConn Women Also Putting Up Numbers for TV Viewership in 2016-17

STORRS, CT — In addition to racking up 104 straight wins and a 29-0 record so far this season, the University of Connecticut women's basketball team has been putting up numbers in terms of television ratings.

UConn and SNY officiaols on Tuesday said that, for the 2016-2017 season, the network scored double-digit rating increases in Hartford-New Haven market across all of its prominent UConn Women’s Basketball programming.

That's the highest total viewership in the area since the 2012-2013 season, officials said.

Live game broadcasts on SNY averaged a 6.00 household rating in Hartford-New Haven, up 21 percent versus the 2015-2016 season, and up 7 percent compared to the previous four season average, officials said.

The live game performance is the network’s highest of the last four seasons, officials said.

SNY’s pre- and post-game shows also experienced huge gains this season in Connecticut. The Connecticut Lottery UConn Women’s Basketball Pre-Game Show and People’s United Bank Post Game Show delivered a 1.80 and 2.85 household rating, respectively, which bested last season’s averages by 15 percent and 34 percent, respectively.

The results are the top performances for the pre-game since 2013-2014 and post-game since 2012-2013, officials said.

SNY’s "The Geno Auriemma Show," presented by UConn Health has set high watermarks through its first nine telecasts in 2016-2017, becoming the most watched season-to-date series in the program’s five year history. The series is averaging a 1.63 household rating in Hartford-New Haven, a 63 percent bump versus the 2015-2016 full 11-episode run and a 60 percent growth over the series five year average-to-date, officials said.

Live game viewership on SNY soared in New York, reaching record-breaking numbers in the market. For the season, UConn Women’s Basketball averaged a 0.42 household rating, shattering the previous high mark set last season by 83 percent, officials said.

The strong ratings were led by a run from Feb. 1 through 25, when the network delivered its five highest ratings performances of all-time in the New York area, officials said.

The streak culminated during SNY’s final broadcast featuring Memphis-UConn, delivering the network’s best ever rating in the market with a .77 household rating, officials said.

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