Remaining games on ABC for the Western Conference finals). The way it should be (First 2 games on ESPN. And the remaining games 3-7 would be on NBC. It had the cable partner (Turner) televise games 1 and 2. Years ago, before the ESPN contract, this is what the league would do. Most of the conference finals should be on broadcast (at least the West since it is ESPN/ABC). I understand the early rounds and the broadcast tv commitments to their prime time shows. And, I agree, more of these games need to be on broadcast. But, it is the conference finals, and it will be close. Having the Lakers will help, but can it maintain the viewership numbers against Denver as it did against Golden State? Not so sure. I am curious to see how well these numbers hold up in the conference finals (specifically the Western Conference). (Nielsen estimates from ShowBuzz Daily 5.15) Warriors-Lakers also scored the largest audience of the day overall, marking the second time that it delivered television’s top audience of an entire day and the sixth time in as many games that it won the night in primetime. In adults 18-34, it was television’s highest rated program since the NCAA men’s basketball national championship (2.9). The final four games of the series declined from last year’s equivalent windows, each of which pit the Celtics against the Bucks.Īs usual, the NBA delivered the top two programs on all of television Friday night in adults 18-49, 18-34 and 25-54, with Warriors-Lakers dominant at a 3.15, 2.7 and 3.4 respectively. Top first or second round NBA playoff audiences, past decadeĮarlier Friday, Knicks-Heat Game 6 averaged a series-high 5.44 million - down 2% from Celtics-Bucks last year (5.53M). As with all multi-year highs, keep in mind that out-of-home viewing was not included in Nielsen final nationals prior to three years ago. The full top ten is comprised of games from the past two seasons, with Golden State having played in nine. With the Lakers maintaining a double-digit lead for the entire second half, viewership peaked an hour into the game at 9.3 million from 11-11:15 PM ET.Īll six games of the Lakers-Warriors series rank among the ten most-watched early round games in the past decade. The previous high over that span was 8.15 million for a Lakers-Thunder Game 5 clincher on TNT in 2012.Īcross all networks, the Lakers’ series-clinching win ranks second only to Warriors-Kings Game 7 on ABC in the first round (9.84M) as the most-watched early round game since 2011 (Lakers-Mavericks Game 4: 8.89M).
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