Nba Finals Vs Nfl Ratings

Per yahoo finance the audience for the nhl playoffs dropped by 25 percent including a 61 percent drop for the stanley cup finals overall while mlb s playoffs have suffered a 39 percent decline.
Nba finals vs nfl ratings. Washington s win fell 11 in ratings and 18 in viewership from last year s game 3 clincher on espn2 storm mystics. Sunday s late nfl games rejected the nba finals according to nielsen. The league is celebrating its return to prominence.
The nba finals had their best ratings since michael jordan and the bulls were winning championships in the 1990s. The 2019 nba finals averaged 15 1 million viewers and a 8 76 rating while game 6 on sunday delivered a 2 1 rating in the 18 49 demographic and preliminary figures indicate the audience over the. The nba has had a rough few weeks in the ratings department and it didn t go well when they had to go head to head with the nfl.
The nfl game saw 20 5 million viewers tune in while the nba playoff game had 2 5 million viewers tune in. The game 3 number set a new low since finals ratings were recorded in 1984 according to sports media watch. The nfl s early viewing figures show a 14 percent decrease in viewership.
Nba cancels games to boycott police brutality though there s another major. San francisco 49ers primetime game on nbc and a late afternoon overrun on cbs made abc and the. Perhaps sparked by the heat s upset in game 3 game 4 was the most watched of the.
According to deadline the vikings seahawks game produced 11 42 million viewers while the heat lakers finals game garnered just 5 6 million. The philadelphia eagles vs. And that follows the 8 percent drop in ratings from the season prior.
On sunday night game 6 of the nba finals between the heat and the lakers faced off with the vikings seahawks game and got absolutely crushed in the ratings. According to the nielsen ratings nfl television ratings fell 9 7 percent during the 2017 18 season. Compared to last year s finals game on abc mystics storm game 2 ratings declined 21 from 0 39 and viewership 22 from 546k.