Nba Finals Ratings Year By Year

Game 6 of the 1998 bulls jazz series ranks as the highest rated 22 3 and most watched 35 89m nba game on record.
Nba finals ratings year by year. This is a list of television ratings for nba finals in the united states based on nielsen viewing data. Obviously scheduling is a huge issue. The number is down 45 percent from last year s game 1 between the golden state warriors and toronto raptors.
The statistic shows the average nba finals tv ratings from 2002 to 2020. Nba finals ratings history 1988 present nba finals ratings dating back to 1988. The real issue is that the first game drew seven million viewers while last year s finals between the warriors and raptors averaged 15 1 million viewers.
A trend of low ratings throughout the nba postseason has now reached the nba finals.