What are the NBA Finals TV ratings?
Mixed bag as NBA Finals continue According to ABC, its broadcast of the Bucks’ Game 4 win drew an average of 10.25 million viewers. It’s the most-watched NBA Finals outing since Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors.
Is the NBA losing TV ratings?
But the NBA is decidedly not more popular than ever by any means. To the contrary, regular-season ratings in 2020-21 were down 25% compared with the last uninterrupted season in 2018-19.
What was the most watched NBA Finals?
NBA Finals ratings dating back to 1988. Game 6 of the 1998 Bulls-Jazz series ranks as the highest rated (22.3) and most-watched (35.89M) NBA game on record. The 1998 series is also the highest rated NBA Finals on average, with an 18.7 and 29.0 million over six games.
How many people watched the NBA Finals Game 1?
NBA Finals Game 1 featuring Suns-Bucks attracts 8.5 million viewers, up 13% from last year. The National Basketball Association rebounded from a dreadful 2020 NBA Finals event, as the league attracted more than 8 million viewers on ABC for Game 1 of its championship.
Do more people watch the NBA Finals or World Series?
2020 marked just the third since 2007 that the World Series averaged more viewers than the NBA Finals, joining 2009 and 2016.
Are NBA playoff ratings down?
Coverage of the NBA Playoffs on ESPN, ABC and TNT through Thursday is up 23% from last year and up 29% from 2019, the previous postseason to begin in the month of April (2.80M). Viewership is also up 102% from the months-delayed postseason two years ago.
How are NBA ratings doing?
NBA revenue slipped from $8.8 billion in 2018-19 to $8.3 billion for the 2019-20 season. The NBA hasn’t released revenue numbers for the shortened 72-game season in 2020-21, but Silver addressed reporters on Monday and notified the NBA’s revenue was down about 35% last year instead of the estimated 40%.
How many people watched 2017 NBA Finals?
20.38 million viewers
The 2017 NBA Finals featuring the same two teams was the most watched NBA Final series on ABC averaging an 11.3 rating / 22 share and 20.38 million viewers.
Which NBA team has the highest TV ratings?
The Golden State Warriors
Recently, a chart went viral that showed each NBA team’s local broadcast and how they have fared in terms of their average TV rating this season. The Golden State Warriors (7.53 average rating), Cleveland Cavaliers (3.74), Philadelphia 76ers (2.72), Milwaukee Bucks (2.61) and Chicago Bulls (2.52) led the pack.
How many people watched NBA Finals last year?
2020 NBA Finals. Game 6 of the Finals delivers 12.52 million viewers, up 50 percent versus last year. Unable to verify your NBA partner.
What gets more views NBA or MLB?
World Series viewership increased from 2020 to 2021. And 2020 was a record-low because of the pandemic (as it was for NBA Finals). And yet the World Series outdrew the Finals in 2020 as well, 9.8 million to 7.5 million. As for revenue, to use Smith’s other argument, MLB tops the NBA there too.