Nba Finals Ratings By Game 2020

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.

Nba finals ratings by game 2020. The audience of the 2020 nba playoffs is made up of 45 white viewers and 55 non white viewers. That 7 6 million viewer slide is almost identical to the. Miami s game 3 win marked the first nba finals game to ever air on an nfl sunday.

October 12 2020 05 53 pm ratings for the last game of the nba finals dipped by nearly 70 compared to last year. 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. Game 2 cratered with just 4 5 million viewers and a dismal 1.

6 1 million viewers game 3. That compares to a 46 54 respective mix for last year s nba playoffs. Perhaps sparked by the heat s upset in game 3 game 4 was the most watched of the.

Until friday wednesday s game 1 was the lowest rated in league history. The 2020 game 2 event now rates as the lowest ratings ever for an nba finals game. The 1987 nba finals between the los angeles lakers and boston celtics was the highest rated and most watched nba finals series on cbs averaging a 15 9 rating 32 share and 24 12 million viewers.

The game 3 number set a new low since finals ratings were recorded in 1984 according to sports media watch. At its peak 6 028 million viewers tuned in to watch game 6 of the finals on. The los angeles lakers title clinching game 6 against the miami heat did 5 6 million viewers.

7 4 million viewers game 2. This embarrassing showing was down 68 percent over game 2 in 2019. One year earlier game 6 between the golden state warriors and toronto raptors did 18 34 million viewers.