Nba Basketball Television Ratings

The game peaked with an average of 6 028 million viewers.

Nba basketball television ratings. The highest rated and most watched nba finals series was the 1998 nba finals between the chicago bulls and utah jazz which averaged an 18 7 rating 33 share and 29 04 million viewers on nbc that series also featured the highest rated and most watched nba finals game as the sunday night. Lake buena vista florida october 04. Tuesday s game 3 a 112 102 lakers.

Ratings for the first round of playoffs were down 27 percent from last season according to reported nielsen ratings and down 40 percent from. Lebron james 23 of the los angeles lakers runs in transition during the first half against the miami. It s a clean four game ratings sweep for the nba finals.

The national basketball association finals which concluded sunday with the los angeles lakers victory over the miami heat averaged 7 5 million viewers on walt disney co s abc over the six. The tv ratings were bad for the nba as the los angeles lakers won the championship over the heat. The tv ratings for game 3 of the nba finals are in.

While game 4 s ratings for lakers heat showed an uptick from the prior three games viewership on abc has now set an historic low as. On the plus side the abc broadcast still led all shows in total viewers and drew the same rating among 18 49 year olds that it drew for the oscars. The nba s return has done nothing to boost the ratings for the once popular shows that discuss the league according to a report from bobby burack of outkick.

The nba has a ratings problem it has for a while. Sports are back and the ratings.