Nba Finals Ratings Down 2020

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.

Nba finals ratings down 2020. That compares to a 46 54 respective mix for last year s nba playoffs. The biggest reason for. Game 1 between the lakers and miami heat posted the worst viewership of any finals game in nba history with just 7 41 million viewers a 45 free fall compared to last year s game 1 between the.

According to sources commissioner adam silver still is surprised at the low audience with lebron james. How worried should the nba be about lakers heat drawing the fewest viewers ever for the nba finals. The 2020 nba finals have suffered their worst tv ratings since pretty much forever.

This could have been a time when the league 8212. The 2020 nba finals was the championship series of the national basketball association nba s 2019 20 season and conclusion of the season s playoffs in this best of seven playoff series the western conference champion los angeles lakers defeated the eastern conference champion miami heat 4 2 winning their first nba championship in ten years. The biggest reason for.

Ratings for the first round of playoffs were down 27 percent from last season according to reported nielsen ratings and down 40 percent from. The audience of the 2020 nba playoffs is made up of 45 white viewers and 55 non white viewers. Network prime time ratings are down 47.

The nba has a ratings problem it has for a while. According to tv line sunday s nba final decider between the los angeles lakers and miami heat which the former won 106 93 to take the series 4 2 drew in 5 5 million viewers but last year s final game between the toronto raptors and golden state warriors had an audience of 18 9 million signifying a 71 percent decrease in viewership. And any other televised sports league 8212.