Nba Finals 2020 Lowest Ratings

Nba finals ratings were the lowest in league history.

Nba finals 2020 lowest ratings. The lowest rated and least watched nba finals game was game 3 of the 2020 nba finals which averaged a 3 1 rating and 5 94 million viewers. According to tv line sunday s nba final decider between the los angeles lakers and miami heat which the former won 106 93 to take the series 4 2 drew in 5 5 million viewers but last year s final game between the toronto raptors and golden state warriors had an audience of 18 9 million signifying a 71 percent decrease in viewership. The previous low was set two nights earlier by game 2 which averaged a 3 6 and 6 61 million.

However it was game two that really showed how low the league has sunk. According to sports media watch the first two games of the nba finals achieved abysmal ratings and viewership. That 7 6 million viewer slide is almost identical to the.

Sunday s lakers heat nba finals game 3 averaged a 3 1 rating and 5 94 million viewers marking the lowest rated and least watched nba finals game on record. By kevin kinkead october 13 2020 kim klement usa today sports. According to sources commissioner adam silver still is surprised at the low audience with lebron james.

The 1987 nba finals between the los angeles lakers and boston celtics was the highest rated and most watched nba finals series on cbs averaging a 15 9 rating 32 share and 24 12 million viewers. Here are the numbers for the first three games of the finals between the heat and lakers. About 76 2 million people were watching tv on the first five nights of the nba finals this year a 9 decline from the same games in 2019.

Nba finals ratings plummet to 5 6m lowest on record. Similar to the nhl the league saw a huge drop off in eyeballs on the product resulting in what amounts to the lowest number since data first became available in the 1980s. 6 1 million viewers game 3.

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. 7 4 million viewers game 2. Nba finals ratings are in and they re not good.