How many views does the NBA Finals get?
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Asked by: Jennifer Blair
For the 2020 NBA Finals, the ratings dropped to a historic low, with one of the games drawing only 5.9 million viewers. The average viewers figure over 6 games was 7.5 million, which is a 51% decline from the previous year.
How many viewers watched the NBA Finals 2021?
14 million people
NEW YORK — Nearly 14 million people watched the Golden State Warriors win its fourth NBA championship since 2015 by beating the Boston Celtics in the sixth game of their series.
How many people watched the 2020 NBA Finals Game 6?
8.29 million viewers
Sunday’s clinching Game 6 of the NBA Finals (Lakers-Heat) averaged a 4.2 rating and 8.29 million viewers on ABC, marking the lowest rated and least-watched Finals clincher on record.
What is the most viewed NBA Finals?
NBA Finals ratings dating back to 1988. Game 6 of the 1998 Bulls-Jazz series ranks as the highest rated (22.3) and most-watched (35.89M) NBA game on record. The 1998 series is also the highest rated NBA Finals on average, with an 18.7 and 29.0 million over six games.
Are NBA Finals ratings down?
There are about 80 million U.S. pay-TV subscribers today, which is roughly 14 million fewer than in pre-pandemic 2019, per information provided by the league, and the number of people using television (known as PUT in TV industry lingo) is down 26 percent versus the period for the 2019 finals.
How are the NBA ratings for 2021?
Ratings for Game 1 of the 2022 NBA Finals are the most-watched in 3 years. NBA Finals Game 1, in which the Boston Celtics defeated the Golden State Warriors 120-108, averaged nearly 12 million viewers (11,901,000) across ABC and ESPN2 on June 2.
How was the 2021 NBA Finals ratings?
The 2021 NBA Finals were watched by an average of 9.91 million viewers in the United States. The championship series was contested between the Milwaukee Bucks, champions of the Eastern Conference, and the Phoenix Suns, winners of the Western Conference.
How many people watched NBA Finals last year?
The 2017 NBA Finals featuring the same two teams was the most watched NBA Final series on ABC averaging an 11.3 rating / 22 share and 20.38 million viewers. Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals registered the network’s highest rated and most watched NBA game with an average 15.8 rating / 29 share and 31.02 million viewers.
Is NBA viewership down in 2020?
NBA games on ESPN averaged 1.19 million viewers down 10% from 2019-20 and -25% from 2018-19. TNT averaged a slightly better 1.22 million viewers, a decline of 7% from last season and -18% from 2018-19. (The audiences for include out-of-home viewing.)
How many people watched NBA Finals 1?
Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch, reports that Game 1 drew a 6.3 average of 11.9 million viewers, topping only the previous two Finals, which were held at odd times of the year for the league because of the pandemic.
