Nba Finals Ratings Are Down

According to sources commissioner adam silver still is surprised at the low audience with lebron james.

Nba finals ratings are down. The 2020 nba finals have suffered their worst tv ratings since pretty much forever. Donald trump rejoices at the nba s viewership decline amid lakers win. Last night instead of writing a congratulatory note for the champions as would be the norm for a person in his position trump talked about the nba s ratings.

The 2020 nba finals have seen an enormous drop in ratings compared with last year and the league s vocal support of social justice issues has been suggested as one of the factors behind it. In a piece published in the athletic last week ethan strauss reported that the ratings for network nba broadcasts have declined by 45 percent since 2011 12. Games on tnt are also down by more than.

The 2019 nba finals averaged 15 1 million viewers and a 8 76 rating while game 6 on sunday delivered a 2 1 rating in the 18 49 demographic and preliminary figures indicate the audience over the. The average viewers figure over 6 games was 7 5 million which is a 51 decline from the previous year. While some have pointed the finger at the boycott by players and a social justice movement as the reason for the decline it could be a number of.

Ratings for the first round of playoffs were down 27 percent from last. For context last year s nba finals game 6 between the golden state warriors and toronto raptors delivered 18 34 million viewers while michael jordan s chicago bulls drew 36 9 million in 1998 for. The nba has a ratings problem it has for a while.

For the 2020 nba finals the ratings dropped to a historic low with one of the games drawing only 5 9 million viewers. Ratings for the nba finals are at an all time low.