Nba Finals Ratings Today

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.

Nba finals ratings today. That was before game 3 which beat out game 2 by becoming the least watched finals game in nba history. The league s ratings were down 20 percent from last year according to espn. Despite being on a hiatus for months the nba has returned to some less than stellar ratings.

That explains the dip of 3. Television ratings for the nba finals have been at a historic low. Ratings for the nba finals are at an all time low.

In fact this year s nba finals is one of. The nba never plays a finals game on a friday night because viewership for fridays is terrible. Nba finals ratings dating back to 1988.

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. It s a clean four game ratings sweep for the nba finals. Game 6 of the 1998 bulls jazz series ranks as the highest rated 22 3 and most watched 35 89m nba game on record.

Game 4 of the nba finals on abc dominated tuesday night in the primetime ratings delivering a 1 9 in the adults 18 49 demographic and 5 27 million viewers both numbers rising from sunday. But when the playoffs started the ratings sank even lower. Game 3 took place on sunday night going head to head with the nfl.

Then when the nba finals tipped off the ratings hit the. Game 1 of the finals brought with it the lowest viewership since 1994 and game 2 was the lowest ever on record. The 1998 series is also the highest rated nba finals on average with an 18 7 and 29 0 million over six games.