[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

It's about having the most viewers stay on to watch their shows. Trust me they have done extensive research on what viewers tune into to watch and turn off to watch. CBC biggest ratings during the week is hockey night in Canada. Of course they are going to ride it out to the end. Tsn will lose more viewers showing the tribute. More viewers would probably turn to sportsnet to watch sports highlights.

Just because they show highlights until noon the next day does not mean that viewers will tune in to watch it at other times. Just like the news there are reasons why they show certain shows at certain times.

The CBC has done extensive research as well and has big ratings for "The National" from Sunday to Friday. The CBC in the past used to end HNIC very quickly to air the National instead of show post game interviews and commentary. The CBC lost more viewers showing the news as those viewers switched to Sportsnet and TSN to watch interviews and analysis. There were many complaints because of this and the CBC subsequently changed.