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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Of course there was a market for it. HNIC viewership watching his segment was of the elder demographic that grew up with him and there's a lot of those viewers. Do you think his segment was roping in new generations of viewership? I don't think so as I'm Gen X and even I tuned him out as outdated and irrelevant.
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I think the mandate from the executives was to recoup that ridiculous investment in the NHL rights. Cherry was still bringing in viewers, so why remove him from Sportsnet? Doubt they were thinking about long-term strategies to grow their audience.