Anyone know the ratings for the finals? I bet it was trash. I was getting advertisements for it on Pandora and other random things. Like “please come watch...” Seemed desperate and not normal the amount they were trying to garner attention.
The second he made those burner accounts and starting railing on his old team (that he left mind you) that excuse officially stopped working for Durant. Maybe in a few years I could see it, but not now, especially since he has remained salty all season. I agree generally but I don’t count chickens before they hatch.
Same as last season. https://deadline.com/2018/06/kevin-...erchef-american-ninja-warrior-abc-1202405395/
Apparently the ratings have been "Stellar": https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...lines-hint-lebron-james-may-not-be-the-reason "Golden State has been consistently better on the basketball court than your Cavs over the past week. But it turns out they’re also better in another department–they’re the bigger TV draw. Yes, bigger even than the undeniable best player on the planet. The NBA Finals are heading to another stellar ratings year on ABC. And the Warriors and Cavaliers are responsible. Coming into Game 4 Friday night, with Golden State up 3-0, the telecasts have averaged 18 million viewers including streaming platforms. That continues an improbable four-year streak that began with the first matchup between Stephen Curry’s Warriors and LeBron James’s Cavs in 2015, when total viewership reached the impressive benchmark of 20 million. It was the first time the Finals averaged above 18 million time since 2010 and only the third time since ABC took over the series from NBC in 2003. The numbers only grew from there. The first Warriors-Cavs rematch, in 2016, saw average viewership climb to 20.2 million. Then last year, despite a ho-hum five-game affair, they rose even further, to 20.5 million. That’s an astounding number — the highest since all the way back to that Michael Jordan-Karl Malone classic of 1998, ancient history in television-viewership terms. This trend has been nothing short of remarkable, defying the so-called ratings’ gravity that has plagued professional sports. For comparison’s sake, the World Series has hit 20 million average viewers only once since 2004, and that was the Cubs’ historic win in 2016. The NFL, though the numbers are still stratospheric, saw a 7 percent drop at the Super Bowl this year and a 10 percent plunge in the regular season. The NBA was actually headed there too. The 2014 finals that preceded this run of Warriors-Cavaliers matchups was the lowest-viewed in five years, barely reaching 15 million in average total viewers. Then the Dubs and Cavs showed up to make the NBA Finals their annual grudge match. And things began picking up. This year’s number probably won’t reach 20 million. But it will still exceed 18 million. And if the Cavs can pull off a victory on its home court Friday and add some intrigue, expect the figure to top 19 million. (Overall NBA viewership was up 8 percent this past regular season, by the way; on ABC in particular it rose by 17 percent. The Warriors and the Cavaliers were the two most-watched teams, but a significant margin.) Clearly both the Warriors and Cavs are Finals draws, with each club offering plenty of reasons to attract viewers. The dynasty vs the legend. Teamwork vs. celebrity. Flawless execution vs Unstoppable dominance. The celebrated champion against, the, well, less embraced champions. (People watch the Warriors to root against them — hey, it still counts.)" Warriors vs Cavs is the dream matchup, ratings-wise, from the NBA's perspective.
What’s that in comparison to our series? Edit: after some research I found out that game 7 of hou vs gsw was the 2nd highest watched game in nba history. I can’t figure out all the other stuff and details about overall viewership or what a Nielsen rating is *shrug*
Interesting but i think that’s more growth of the nba. It seems to have taken a significant dive his year compared to recent. Good....
it would appear they were 20M last year and 18.5M this year according to that article. that's a 7.5% drop. considering the regular season was up 8%, that's essentially a 15% drop from the baseline. and all of 4 games of 15% lower ratings. adam silver also didn't do anything about players sitting out a ton of ABC games last season and waited for the offseason to change things so it's possible he just doesn't like ABC.
