Nba Ratings For Finals

The highest rated and most watched nba finals series was the 1998 nba finals between the chicago bulls and utah jazz which averaged an 18 7 rating 33 share and 29 04 million viewers on nbc that series also featured the highest rated and most watched nba finals game as the sunday night.

Nba ratings for finals. Despite the presence of lebron james and the los angeles lakers the nba s marquee player and franchise the league. Nba finals ratings dating back to 1988. The nba finals are seeing 48 less viewers than last year.

Those numbers for game 2 and 3 are all time lows for the nba finals. Nielsen media research reports that 5 6 million viewers tuned in to abc to watch the los angeles lakers top the miami heat to capture the nba. It s a clean four game ratings sweep for the nba finals.

The drop in viewers was 43. The 1998 series is also the highest rated nba finals on average with an 18 7 and 29 0 million over six games. The national basketball association finals which concluded sunday with the los angeles lakers victory over the miami heat averaged 7 5 million viewers on walt disney co s abc over the six.

The only pro sporting event the nba was competing with was cardinals padres. Get woke go broke travis responded. Nba finals ratings plummet to 5 6m lowest on record.

This is a list of television ratings for nba finals in the united states based on nielsen viewing data. 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. The nba finals ratings are facing all time lows.

On friday night the nba had 4 5 million viewers for the finals the least viewed nba finals game in forty years down nearly 70 from game two last 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. Now for the perspective.