Why Are Nba Finals Ratings So Low

The real reason why nba ratings have gotten so low by wil leitner aug 18 2020 jason whitlock.

Why are nba finals ratings so low. The ratings for the finals appear to be dismal mainly because team basketball is keeping lebron from exploding. The nba could be on the verge of having their greatest playoff in recent memory but the only thing wrong with this nba is this whole swallowing of the black lives matter narrative. Each of the three games set successive record low ratings.

The game 3 number set a new low since finals ratings were recorded in 1984 according to sports media watch. 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. In the key young adult demographics snf won by 105 in adults 18 49 4 5 to 2 2 and a comparably modest 65 in adults 18 34 3 4 to 2 0.

Miami s game 3 win marked the first nba finals game to ever air on an nfl sunday. Ratings for the nba finals are at an all time low. It was dominated by nbc s sunday night football eagles 49ers which won the head to head by 171 in ratings 8 4 to 3 1 and 180 in viewership 15 08 to 5 94m.

Yes the nba finals are down. The first three games of the nba finals attracted an estimated 7 4 million 6 6 million and 5 9 million television viewers respectively. Nearly 40 percent of respondents in a new harris poll said they were watching less basketball because the league has become too political but ratings had dropped even before the nba took a.

Perhaps sparked by the heat s upset in game 3 game 4 was the most watched of the. The people who the nba is trying to make happy don t watch sports full segment above listen to clay travis explain why he thinks the nba is hemorrhaging viewership as clay discusses the low 2020 nba finals ratings that are down almost 70 compared to last season and experiencing some of the worst numbers in 40 years.