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The highest rated and most watched NBA Finals series was the 1998 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz, which averaged an 18.7 rating / 33 share and 29.04 million viewers on NBC. That series also featured the highest rated and most watched NBA Finals game, as the Sunday night averaged a 22.3 rating / 38 share and 35.89 million ...
The 1990 NBA Finals, (which was played before either Bird or Johnson retired) which registered a 12.3 rating (and was the last Finals CBS aired) was the lone NBA Finals between the domination of Bird and Magic and the domination of then up-and-coming star Michael Jordan. In 1991, NBC's first year with the NBA, the network got its dream matchup.
The 2019 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2018–19 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.In the best-of-seven playoff series held from May 30 through June 13, 2019, the Eastern Conference champion Toronto Raptors defeated the two-time defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors, 4–2, earning the ...
The most recent game between LSU and Iowa peaked at 16.1 million viewers to become ESPN's second-highest draw for a basketball game of any kind since 2012. Iowa's and UConn's Final Four matchup ...
The last time the NBA signed a monumental TV deal, in 2014, it created a competitive balance problem. ... the Golden State Warriors were coming off back-to-back NBA Finals appearances and a record ...
Viewers (in millions) Ref. January 7 CFP Championship: ESPN: 24.32 [36] January 14 America's News HQ: Fox News: 3.85 [37] January 21 The Curse of Oak Island: History: 3.63 [38] January 28 3.56 [39] February 4 2019 State of the Union Address: Fox News 11.27 [40] February 11 2019 NBA All-Star Game: TNT: 5.77 [41] February 18 The Walking Dead: AMC ...
The series opener averaged a 5.7 rating and 10.99 million viewers on ABC, per Sports Media Watch, making it the least-watched NBA Finals Game 1 since the league hit its ratings nadir with the 2020 ...
In June 2002, Rashad told the Los Angeles Times, in an interview conducted before the 2002 NBA Finals began, that he would be ending his 20-year run with NBC Sports, after hosting the pre-game show for Game 3 of the Finals. [50] Hannah Storm, meanwhile, covered the 2002 NBA Finals as host of the CNBC post-game show.