NBA enjoying their best ratings in 11 years for the opening games

[JohnMax]

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2022/04/nba-playoff-ratings-most-watched-opening-weekend-11-years-nets-celtics/

After three years of intense scrutiny for lower-than-usual ratings, the NBA Playoffs opened with its most-watched opening weekend in 11 years — and its most-watched opening weekend game in 20.

The opening weekend of the NBA Playoffs averaged 4.05 million viewers across ABC, ESPN and TNT, the largest audience for the first weekend of play since 2011. Viewership jumped 37% from last year, when the playoffs began in late May (2.95M), and 41% from 2019, the previous postseason to begin in April (2.88M). There was no opening weekend two years ago, when the postseason began on a Monday in August.

Broken down by network, ABC averaged 5.72 million for its two games (+34%), ESPN 3.60 million for its three (+18%) and TNT 3.8 million for its three (+47%). ESPN/ABC had its most-watched opening weekend since 2011 and TNT its most-watched since 2018.

Sunday’s Nets-Celtics Game 1 led the way with a 3.1 rating and 6.90 million viewers on ABC, the most-watched opening weekend game in 20 years (2002 Trail Blazers-Lakers: 8.37M) and the most-watched first round game overall in six (2016 Warriors-Rockets: 7.24M).

[90sgoat]

No Lebron, more interest.

[ImKobe]

I thought the NBA was irrelevant without Bran?

Warriors being back probably helped boost the ratings a whole lot, and the BKN-BOS series is an all-timer too for a 1st round match-up.

[BarberSchool]

Splash Bros back in effect definitely helps.
Splash Bros are universally likable.

Also:
There’s a lot of new teams getting shine.

Lotta smaller market, exciting teams playing well.

Also, Maybe the same people who stopped watching during the fake activism year & change, decided to watch again after LeBron failing miserably? IDK.

Refreshing to see no LA team participating.

[bullettooth]

No Lebron, more interest.

This.

League will be so much better without LeCancer.

[Doomsday Dallas]

Lakers will be forever cursed with that Lebron ring.

The Basketball Gods will not stand for that level of blasphemy.


I've seen these types of things happen before.

I'm confident the Lakers will not be celebrating another championship for a long time to come.

[Full Court]

And another Bronie narrative gets blown out of the water. :lol

Curry's a bigger draw than Lebron anyway.

[LeGoat4Life]

Lebron the rating killer.

Lexposed

[nineiron]

Lebron the rating killer.

Lexposed

this.

no one wants to watch bully ball stiff arms and ugly crab dribbling

[Johnny32]

There is expected to be major ratings in TV ratings moving forward, especially involving sports, as Nielsen begins counting out-of-home viewership. Viewers will now be counted from places such as bars, restaurants, and airports. Viewers will also be counted if they take their mobile devices from the home and use those to watch.

This latest Nielsen tool is supposed to make a huge change in sports ratings moving forward, particularly major sporting events, and generally for the NFL, according to F4Wonline.com. WWE and AEW will also be affected, but likely on a much smaller scale.

lol they're all gullible sheep.

[90sgoat]

This is the most I've enjoyed watching basketball in like 15 years, since last time with Shaq/Kobe.

I used to think I was just too old to be able to chill and enjoy the game, but the truth is, Lebron and his colluding was the reason.

Lebron is like a woke Netflix series, just too much, just not fun.

[Baller789]

No Lebron, more interest.

Who's that?

And in what Playoff Series is he playing at?

[Manny98]

League is the most competitive and interesting it's ever been since The Decision

No superteams, probably 8 teams with a legitimate shot of winning it all

[Johnny32]

There is expected to be major ratings in TV ratings moving forward, especially involving sports, as Nielsen begins counting out-of-home viewership. Viewers will now be counted from places such as bars, restaurants, and airports. Viewers will also be counted if they take their mobile devices from the home and use those to watch.

This latest Nielsen tool is supposed to make a huge change in sports ratings moving forward, particularly major sporting events, and generally for the NFL, according to F4Wonline.com. WWE and AEW will also be affected, but likely on a much smaller scale.

lol they're all gullible sheep.

ignore the facts, window lickers. lol board is embarrassing and delusional as fk.