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Partially due to the retirement of Michael Jordan after the 2002–03 season, the league suffered a ratings decline. The NBA extended its national TV package on June 27, 2007, worth eight-year $7.4 billion ($930 million/year) through the 2015–16 season, [5] during which the league had its new resurgence leading by a renewed Celtics–Lakers ...
By the 1979–1980 season, the network's NBA ratings had bottomed, with a regular season rating for the broadcasts at 6.4.By this time, the network had eliminated its regional coverage and only used two play-by-play announcers (Brent Musburger and Gary Bender) and three color commentators (Bill Russell and Rod Hundley, who teamed with Musburger and Rick Barry, who teamed with Bender); CBS felt ...
ABC lost the broadcast rights to the NBA to CBS [8] after the 1972–73 season, [9] with the network's initial tenure with the league ending with its last NBA Finals game on May 10, 1973. 1970: The first NBA Finals to be nationally televised in full. ABC's coverage of Game 7 was blacked out on WABC-TV in the New York area.
The 2017 NBA Finals featuring the same two teams was the most watched NBA Final series on ABC averaging an 11.3 rating / 22 share and 20.38 million viewers. Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals registered the network's highest rated and most watched NBA game with an average 15.8 rating / 29 share and 31.02 million viewers. [2]
In the NBA, perhaps more so than any other pro sport, style means a lot. Whether it's on or off the floor, players love to look good. Ranking the best uniforms in the NBA
The second game was the sixth and deciding game of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers with Bob Wolff on the call. 1962 NBA Finals – All of the games from Boston were televised in Los Angeles on Channel 9 (then called KHJ-TV) with Chick Hearn on play-by-play. For Game 7, Jack Drees joined the broadcast team.
Chances are, if you care about the NBA's television ratings, you care about what you think those ratings say, and what you think those ratings say is probably wrong, so the entire exercise is a ...
The NBA's TV ratings so far this season have been far from all-star level. Viewership across ESPN, TNT and NBA TV is down 15% year-to-year overall, according to Nielsen figures. TNT’s coverage ...