Ratings: NBA Playoffs, local ratings, soccer
NBA playoff viewership continues to surge over the “bubble” and edge 2019; local ratings in the NBA and NHL went in opposite directions; the Premier League season declined double-digits. NBA playoff...
View ArticleNBA viewership continues to surge over the “bubble”
NBA playoff viewership continues to surge over last year’s ratings disaster in the “bubble.” Last Sunday’s Suns-Lakers Game 4 averaged 5.38 million viewers on ABC, up 63% from last year’s comparable...
View ArticleNBA first round most-watched in three years
The NBA had its most-watched first round of the playoffs in three years. The first round of the NBA Playoffs averaged 3.06 million viewers across ESPN/ABC and TNT, up 46% from last year’s...
View ArticleRatings: WCWS, NBA, NASCAR, NHL
The Women’s College World Series ended with another increase, despite a mid-afternoon start. Plus: ESPN scored its top audience of the NBA Playoffs; NASCAR saw a Daytona-fueled dip for the FOX half of...
View ArticleSuns’ clincher is top game of second round
In the NBA’s first second round since 1994 sans LeBron James, Stephen Curry or Shaquille O’Neal, the streaking Suns may have an argument as the league’s best draw left. Sunday’s Suns-Nuggets NBA second...
View ArticleRatings: NBA, NHL, Euros and more
Kevin Durant’s Game 5 heroics delivered the NBA’s top audience of the second round thus far. Plus: figures for the NHL’s third round, the “Euro 2020” soccer tournament, the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials...
View ArticleRatings: U.S. Open, Nets-Bucks, NHL
The opening round of the U.S. Open bounced back from last year’s months-delayed edition. Plus: Nets-Bucks delivered an NBA playoff-high on ESPN, while Lightning-Islanders scored the NHL’s top audience...
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Bucks-Nets Game 7 among top early round games since 2012
A pair of Game 7s gave the NBA its two largest audiences of the playoffs, and one of its top early round audiences in the past nine years. Saturday’s Bucks-Nets NBA second round playoff Game 7 averaged...
View ArticleWarriors-Lakers up, Nets-Bucks low, to start NBA season
The NBA season began on a mixed note in the ratings. Tuesday’s Warriors-Lakers NBA Opening Night game averaged 3.39 million viewers on TNT, up 10% from Clippers-Lakers on opening night of last season,...
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Resurgent Warriors fueling NBA
After two years in the cellar, the Warriors’ return to contention is lifting NBA ratings. Tuesday’s Warriors-Nets NBA regular season game averaged a 1.4 rating and 2.29 million viewers on TNT, trailing...
View ArticleRatings: Duke-Gonzaga, NBA, MLS
Duke-Gonzaga delivered college basketball’s largest early season audience since Duke-Gonzaga three years ago. Plus: an NBA season-high for ESPN and a 17-year high for Major League Soccer. Duke-Gonzaga...
View ArticleNBA viewership up 8% from two years ago
NBA viewership is trending above two years ago thanks in large part to the resurgent Golden State Warriors. NBA regular season games are averaging 1.55 million viewers so far this season, up 8% from...
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ABC’s NBA Saturday Primetime opens at high
In the NBA’s earliest game on broadcast television in 20 years, Stephen Curry and the Warriors helped ABC’s NBA Saturday Primetime to a multiyear high. Warriors-Sixers averaged a 1.7 rating and 3.07...
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NFL dominates Christmas Day with nearly 29 million for Browns-Packers
The NFL dominated Christmas Day ratings, while the NBA’s five-game slate was a mixed bag. The Browns-Packers NFL Christmas Day game averaged a 10.8 rating and 28.59 million viewers across FOX and NFL...
View ArticleRatings: NBA, college hoops and more
Rounding up some recent sports TV ratings, including numbers for the NBA, college basketball and more. Solid recent numbers for NBA Last Tuesday’s Mavericks-Warriors NBA regular season game averaged...
View ArticleRatings: NBA, college hoops, tennis and more
The Nets and Warriors scored ABC’s largest NBA Saturday Primetime audience in three years. Plus: good recent results for college basketball, a five-year high for the Australian Open men’s final, and...
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Warriors-Lakers still the NBA’s best combo
Even after all these years, there is no better NBA ratings combo than LeBron James against Stephen Curry. Warriors-Lakers averaged a 1.8 rating and 3.34 million viewers on the latest edition of ABC’s...
View ArticleRatings: Nets-Sixers, NASCAR, NHL and more
The first Nets-Sixers game since their big trade last month delivered in the ratings for TNT. Plus: NASCAR scored an increase at Las Vegas last weekend; the NHL had another quiet week; and more,...
View ArticleMore ratings: NHL, WCBB, NBA, PGA Tour
The NHL hit a primetime broadcast TV low on ABC last weekend. Plus: a multi-year high for UConn’s closer-than-expected game against UCF; recent NBA numbers; and more. NHL struggles in primetime on ABC...
View ArticleRatings: NBA, NASCAR, NHL and more
Ratings roundup — big increases for marquee NBA games; a date and network change lifted NASCAR at COTA; the Blackhawks sank ABC again; and more. Suns-Warriors, Bucks-Nets, up big Despite the absence of...
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