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Game 1 NBA Finals loses half the audience of 2019 number
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:00 pm
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From reddit
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The NBA Finals tipped off a few months late in 2020, and boy do the earliest TV ratings reflect the affects of coronavirus. Game 1 of the 2020 NBA Finals settled for a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49 and 5.3 million total viewers. Now, those averages will rise significantly when final Nielsen data becomes available, but they are currently about half of what last year’s comparable preliminary data estimated for ABC.
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Lowest rates NBA Finals game. Previous record was 2007 game 1 at 7.76 million.
Last year’s game 1 averaged 15.14 M viewers.
This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 12:02 pm
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Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:02 pm to HeLeakin
Now that is a shocking number. 50% holy crap
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:03 pm to HeLeakin
quote:yeah that’s what it is
and boy do the earliest TV ratings reflect the affects of coronavirus.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:03 pm to RoscoeHarper
We will see where the numbers end after adjusting but yea. Really bad number
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:05 pm to WestCoastAg
Also think about a history Lakers finals or a Raptors finals.. yikes
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:06 pm to HeLeakin
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Stanley Cup Final ratings down 61% from 2019.
The clinching game went head-to-head with the Chiefs/Ravens, which was not ideal, of course.
I think NBA and NHL playing outside of their normal time frame is a big part of it. People just aren't conditioned to caring about these sports once football starts.
Stanley Cup Final ratings down 61% from 2019.
The clinching game went head-to-head with the Chiefs/Ravens, which was not ideal, of course.
I think NBA and NHL playing outside of their normal time frame is a big part of it. People just aren't conditioned to caring about these sports once football starts.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:08 pm to Eat Your Crow
I do wonder how much that's impacted the ratings. Doesn't even seen like either league is heavily marketing them either
Wonder what this does going forward on the NBA possibly making a permanent change to a later start
Wonder what this does going forward on the NBA possibly making a permanent change to a later start
This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:11 pm to Eat Your Crow
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Stanley Cup Final ratings down 61% from 2019.
2 teams nobody cares about
A 50% drop with a Lebron Lakers team is crazy
This is largely related to football IMO
Football just rapes every other sport
This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:13 pm to HeLeakin
I know LA is a basketball town but I wonder how many people in LA switched over to the Dodgers playoff game after the Lakers jumped out to that huge lead.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:14 pm to HeLeakin
I didn’t even know the finals started
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:16 pm to Cosmo
Stanley Cup also had games in NBCSN.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:16 pm to HeLeakin
Wow. Turns out nobody cares about LeBron and the Lakers. Can’t compete with NFL regular season games and when they have a night against the MLB they completely squander it.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:17 pm to HeLeakin
What was the number for Game 1 or 2 of Yankee Indians? I know there is no comparable data to line up for that game.
This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:19 pm to WestCoastAg
Folks do not view either as real finals so there is no interest. I will never consider the TB Lightning be real champs.
This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:22 pm to Ancient Astronaut
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will never consider the TB Lightening to be real champs.
Whoa there. Lighten up!
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:23 pm to McCaigBro69
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Stanley Cup also had games in NBCSN.
That's a big factor for them. I tried tuning into either game 2 or 3 & couldn't find it which forced me to look up what channel it was on. I know that's not a big deal but that's too much trouble for casual viewers.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:23 pm to Eat Your Crow
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Stanley Cup Final ratings down 61% from 2019.
Do you think the Lakers/Heat and the NBA feel better because the trend resembles what happened in a Dallas/Tampa Stanley Cup Final?
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:42 pm to TexasTiger08
Smh!
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:48 pm to HeLeakin
I'm telling y'all, nobody gives a shite about the half arse sports seasons. They feel like a full season of exhibitions.
Posted on 10/1/20 at 12:56 pm to McCaigBro69
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Stanley Cup also had games in NBCSN.
It blows my mind that NHL agreed to up to 3 Stanley Cup Final games on NBCSN each year. There is no way in hell the money was worth that loss of exposure.
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