Nba tv ratings down 2020. The first week of games since the re start were down 4 from the. The opening night of major league baseballs virus shortened 2020 season set tv viewership records for walt disney cos espn sports channel the network said on friday. Nba tv also had 14 games 216000 viewers austin karp ataustinkarp august 18 2020.
Four million people on average watched the new york yankees beat defending champions the washington nationals on thursday in the first game of a season delayed by four. Tough to really compare this pre postseason bubble event to the regular season given time slots etc. Abcs nba broadcasts in 2019 20 averaged 295 million viewers down from its 542 million during 2011 12 strauss wrote.
But as president trump pointedly noted this week the nba is. The ratings for the nba were so poor in the first week of august that fox news programming and even rachel maddow on msnbc beat opening night nba ratings. Dubbed the match ii the game featuring tom brady phil mickelson peyton manning and tiger woods peaked at an amazing 63 million viewers and raised more than 20 million for charity.
In a piece published in the athletic last week ethan strauss reported that the ratings for network nba broadcasts have declined by 45 percent since 201112. The pgas tv numbers are strong and nascars races were the third and fourth most watched sporting events on the air last weekend. However the explanation is not as simple as trump suggests though fans opinions of player protests against police brutality do appear to.
According to nielsen numbers nba viewership p2 was down around 13 versus last season before the shutdown prior to march 12. Ethan strauss atsherwoodstrauss august 2 2020. The nbas ratings are lower than in previous years.
Tv ratings for the nba are still failing and the clinching game for most woke team of all the la. The leagues last slate of playoff games were nearly all down a few percentage points from the previous weeks games. Nbas orlando seeding games averaged 128 million viewers across tnt abc espn.
Lakers was the lowest rated game of their series. As sports illustrated noted the nbas tv contracts expire in 2025 so it wont be long before the networks begin looking to renegotiate their 24 billion deal. Games on tnt are also down by more.
Indeed the charity golf match earned record tv ratings in may.
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