TV Ratings: NBA Finals vs. World Series

[t-rex]

The NBA is outdrawing the World Series when it comes to TV viewers through the first 5 games of each sports Championship series.

NBA Finals National TV Ratings 2013 (Heat vs. Spurs)

Game 1: 8.8

Game 2: 8.5

Game 3: 8.5

Game 4: 10.0

Game 5: 9.5

Game 6: 12.3

Game 7: 15.3

World Series National TV Ratings 2013 (Red Sox vs. Cardinals)

Game 1: 8.6

Game 2: 8.3

Game 3: 7.4

Game 4: 9.4

Game 5: 8.9

Game 6: 11.3

Game 7: NA



Post updated to give the final rating of World Series game 6

[thabisyo]

The NBA is outdrawing the World Series when it comes to TV viewers through the first 5 games of each sports Championship series.

NBA Finals National TV Ratings 2013 (Heat vs. Spurs)

Game 1: 8.8

Game 2: 8.5

Game 3: 8.5

Game 4: 10.0

Game 5: 9.5

Game 6: 12.3

Game 7: 15.3

World Series National TV Ratings 2013 (Red Sox vs. Cardinals)

Game 1: 8.6

Game 2: 8.3

Game 3: 7.4

Game 4: 9.4

Game 5: 8.9

Game 6: TBD

Game 7: TBD/If Necessary

Damn those ratings for the games 6 and 7

[jlip]

On Mike and Mike this morning they stated that according to research the NBA today is more popular than it's been since 1998 (MJ's last season with the Bulls.)

[miles berg]

I believe it. The LeBron era is the 2nd or 3rd most popular era in modern NBA history.

Would love to see what he Bird/Magic era looked like in comparison to the LeBron era.

[fiddy]

I believe it. The LeBron era is the 2nd or 3rd most popular era in modern NBA history.

Would love to see what he Bird/Magic era looked like in comparison to the LeBron era.

For no reason. Pampered ROIDs superstar on a stacked team.

[Real Men Wear Green]

For no reason. Pampered ROIDs superstar on a stacked team.

Even if it's ASSumed you're right, you think baseball doesn't have doping scandals?

[tmacattack33]

No sh*t.

Basketball is a better sport.

Now imagine what these ratings would be if there was no such thing as race and everyone was the same color. And no, i'm not complaining... sometimes people are drawn to become fans of people that they can relate to and there is no problem with that (well, sometimes it is more than that though).

[nightprowler10]

Yeah basketball still has that thug image with many people I know, and these same people love NFL that seems to have as many if not more psychos.

[imdaman99]

Even if it's ASSumed you're right, you think baseball doesn't have doping scandals?

Exactly, you have Joe Buck implying it about Papi

I am rooting for the Sox, because I hate the Yankees... but their fans have been bitching non-stop on sports radio for the past week about Papi and how he's on roids. Well, they weren't speaking much about it in the ALCS when he wasn't doing much, but all of a sudden it's picking up legs. Salty Yankee fans

[pauk]

NBA Finals non-US TV Ratings 2013 (Heat vs. Spurs)

Game 1: 8.8

Game 2: 8.5

Game 3: 8.5

Game 4: 10.0

Game 5: 9.5

Game 6: 12.3

Game 7: 15.3

World Series non-US TV Ratings 2013 (Red Sox vs. Cardinals)

Game 1: 0.6

Game 2: 0.3

Game 3: 0.4

Game 4: 0.4

Game 5: 0.9

Game 6: TBD

Game 7: TBD/If Necessary

[tmacattack33]

NBA Finals non-US TV Ratings 2013 (Heat vs. Spurs)

Game 1: 8.8

Game 2: 8.5

Game 3: 8.5

Game 4: 10.0

Game 5: 9.5

Game 6: 12.3

Game 7: 15.3

World Series non-US TV Ratings 2013 (Red Sox vs. Cardinals)

Game 1: 0.6

Game 2: 0.3

Game 3: 0.4

Game 4: 0.4

Game 5: 0.9

Game 6: TBD

Game 7: TBD/If Necessary

[Wally450]

Game 6 is gonna get good ratings tonight IMO

[Crafty]

NBA Finals non-US TV Ratings 2013 (Heat vs. Spurs)

Game 1: 8.8

Game 2: 8.5

Game 3: 8.5

Game 4: 10.0

Game 5: 9.5

Game 6: 12.3

Game 7: 15.3

World Series non-US TV Ratings 2013 (Red Sox vs. Cardinals)

Game 1: 0.6

Game 2: 0.3

Game 3: 0.4

Game 4: 0.4

Game 5: 0.9

Game 6: TBD

Game 7: TBD/If Necessary

You're welcome NBA.

[ramoLBCA]

Meanwhile, NFL preseason ranks higher than both.

[t-rex]

No sh*t.

Basketball is a better sport.

Now imagine what these ratings would be if there was no such thing as race and everyone was the same color. And no, i'm not complaining... sometimes people are drawn to become fans of people that they can relate to and there is no problem with that (well, sometimes it is more than that though).

Its interesting that the NBA is in the mist of another great run without a highly marketable white super-star.

And agreed. Its not always racism. If sports fans based everything on race, hockey would be a dominant sport. But it is not. Hockey is a niche sport that gets squashed on the National stage by the NBA, even though its overwhelmingly white.

Today the NBA is the second most popular sport in the country trailing only football.