TV Ratings for NBA Finals is a lot higher than expected....

[Heat_chips]

So much for all the doom and gloomers who thought Heat/Nuggets TV ratings would suffer:

NBA finals Game 1 Total TV viewership numbers in the last 3 Finals:

2021 Bucks vs Suns - 8.70 Million
2022 Warriors vs Celtics - 11.90 million
2023 Denver vs Miami - 11.58 million

And Game 2 of NBA Finals matches last year's average audience with 11,910,000 viewers

Miami's victory to tie the Finals series 1-1 against Denver peaked with 15,256,000 viewers on Sunday.

Link: https://www.nba.com/news/heat-nugget...erage-audience

[plowking]

Caldwell Pope is a draw.

I kept telling y'all.

[Heat_chips]

Caldwell Pope is a draw.

I kept telling y'all.

Nonsense ..

It has to be Max Strus. the ladies love him

The Stroooose is Loose !!

[bdonovan]

They came for Duncan Robinson's mean-mugging.

[Heat_chips]

They're waiting for the Tyler Herro return to see the patented snarl

[kawhileonard2]

So much for all the doom and gloomers who thought Heat/Nuggets TV ratings would suffer:

NBA finals Game 1 Total TV viewership numbers in the last 3 Finals:

2021 Bucks vs Suns - 8.70 Million
2022 Warriors vs Celtics - 11.90 million
2023 Denver vs Miami - 11.58 million

And Game 2 of NBA Finals matches last year's average audience with 11,910,000 viewers

Miami's victory to tie the Finals series 1-1 against Denver peaked with 15,256,000 viewers on Sunday.

Link: https://www.nba.com/news/heat-nugget...erage-audience

The worst was 2020

[FultzNationRISE]

To be honest I dont really trust ratings statistics to be all that accurate either way. Naturally they wont be as high for this series as they would be for marquee matchups, but the definitive numbers that get published? I dont put much stock in it.

40 years ago when there was one television in the home and you could ask one mortgage paying head-of-household to keep track of what they watched each evening with a fair degree of reliability, sure.

But nowadays? Television consumption is so diffuse. Everyone in society has their own device, and most of them are probably not reliable survey respondents anyway. Has anyone here EVER taken a Nielson survey?? I havent. I cant be bothered and why should I?

And I'm not even talking about streaming, this is just about measuring conventional network broadcast viewers. Throw streaming into the mix and how can you possible measure this stuff. Also, how long does someone have to tune in to constitute being a viewer? Again this isnt like watching a 30 minute sitcom in the 80s where you had no other devices and would sit and watch from start to finish. If I watch a few minutes of the first quarter and then play games on my phone before watching the last few possessions in the 4th, does that make me a viewer for ratings purposes?

They have an incentive to make this appear very scientific, because you need to concretely estimate viewer numbers in order to price advertising. But I dont think theres any way to really know how many people are actually watching. They put solid numbers on these things so they can sell the program to sponsors and advertisers... but it's probably way less reliable than they let on.

[nineiron]

it's nice to watch a series where there's actually basketball being played and not just stiff arms and travels.

no lebron, ratings go up.

[FultzNationRISE]

it's nice to watch a series where there's actually basketball being played and not just stiff arms and travels.

no lebron, ratings go up.

Ummm, can you just come on over to my office please and Im gonna kick your ****ING ASS???

[Shaquille O'Neal]

He's my favorite persona along with Flo on those Progressive commercials. Jamie, is it?

[Shaquille O'Neal]

They came for Duncan Robinson's mean-mugging.

He's my favorite persona along with Flo on those Progressive commercials. Jamie, is it?

[ShawkFactory]

it's nice to watch a series where there's actually basketball being played and not just stiff arms and travels.

no lebron, ratings go up.

Don't act like you're not bored without Lebron

[nineiron]

Don't act like you're not bored without Lebron

bored? LMFAO

it's GREAT to finally watch some basketball instead of flopping, stiff arms, traveling

Duncan Robinson showing LeChoke how it's done. LMFAO