Nba Christmas Games 2020 Ratings

Ratings were not immediately available.

Nba christmas games 2020 ratings. That s a significant reason the. The nba expanded to five christmas day games in 2008 and they traditionally are the league s best regular season ratings. Russillo shares his notes from all of the nba christmas day games including heat pelicans bucks warriors nets celtics lakers mavericks and clippers nuggets 2 00.

Ranking the 2020 nba xmas games. Tentative christmas day schedule pic. For all the talk of ratings and everything over the past few months the nba really came correct with this slate.

4 6 8 76m and the lowest for the primetime christmas window since 2017 the last time it did not feature the lakers rockets thunder. In what was supposed to be a glorious return to the nba season the league suffered an enormous drop in ratings for their christmas day matchups compared to last year s ratings. Nba christmas day ratings were off 21 from last year.

The nba which uses christmas day to showcase their best games and talent to jumpstart their season had their gifts returned by viewers who were less than enthused. That 7 6 million viewer slide is almost identical to the. If there were any concerns about how the nba s ratings would look while the nfl season is still going on the latest christmas ratings should put them to rest.

About 76 2 million people were watching tv on the first five nights of the nba finals this year a 9 decline from the same games in 2019. Friday s mavericks lakers nba christmas day game averaged a nielsen estimated 3 0 rating and 7 01 million viewers on abc and espn down 35 in ratings and 20 in viewership from last year clippers lakers. By bill shea dec 30 2020 47.

According to john ourand of sports. Nba ratings took another hit on christmas day when under 4 million people turned on the lakers vs. The nba put its best and shiniest presents under the tree of the american television viewer on christmas day and america said no thanks.