Nba Finals Viewership 2020

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

Nba finals viewership 2020. That compares to a 46 54 respective mix for last year s nba playoffs. To put that in perspective game 6 of the 2019 nba finals which included a team from canada and did not include lebron james drew 18 34 million viewers. How many people watched the nba finals.

The nba said its combined viewership across tnt espn and abc for the 2020 openers was up 67 3 4 million compared to 2019 when the league nba averaged 2 2 million for opening week. Game 6 drew at its peak 6 028 million viewers. The number of people watching the nba finals in 2020 is about 50 to 70 less than the number of people watching the nba finals in 2019 2018.

Nba finals notches record low viewership oct 1st 2020 10 23 pm oct 1st. It aired opposite two major league baseball playoff games. The 2020 nba finals continued the trend of declining viewership with 7 41 million people watching game 1 making it the lowest rated and least watched nba finals game on record tracking viewership started in 1988.

The 2020 nba finals were watched by an average of 7 5 million viewers in the united states. For the 2020 nba finals the ratings dropped to a historic low with one of the games drawing only 5 9 million viewers. Those figures represent a 66 percent drop.

The biggest reason for the. The audience of the 2020 nba playoffs is made up of 45 white viewers and 55 non white viewers. The nba finals opened last night with megastar lebron james and his lakers clashing with his former team the miami heat.

That is a drop of around 6m to 10m people watching the finals. However the presence of the toronto raptors in the nba finals boosted canadian viewership to record levels. The nba stated its mixed viewership throughout tnt espn and abc for the 2020 openers was up 67 3 four million in comparison with 2019 when the league nba averaged 2 2 million for opening week.