Nba regular season viewership by year. Theyve continued to worsen highlighted by last seasons double digit finals decline. For the regular season which ended earlier this month nielsen measured average total. 2018 age breakdown of nba tv audience during 2013 regular season average us.
The nba playoffs inside the orlando bubble averaged 1875 million viewers for the first week down 20 percent from last season per data from realgm and showbuzz daily. Number of tv viewers in the us. Tv ratings of nba playoffs 2018.
Regular season game telecasts across abc espn tnt and nba tv in 2018 19 averaged 12 million viewers down 5 percent from the previous season. That said sportsbusiness daily reported in february that ratings for regular season games had declined by 12 percent since the end of the 2018 19 season. Industry insiders mostly.
The troubling start of this season follows an nba finals that was down around 14 percent. That was during the nbas normal calendar. In fact according to industry sources nba viewership post shutdown is up 8 versus the prior year when compared with spring 2019 end of season games.
Nba games were still up 3 percent from two seasons. A year and a half ago while the sports media gushed over the nba i pointed out that the leagues ratings were troubling. Average viewership per regular season game in millions by networks 2007present season abc tnt espn nba tv.
The nba season was a mixed bag in the nielsens with regular season viewership flat on espnabc and down double digits on tnt. 382m 174m 163m 031m 201617.
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