Nba Playoff Ratings 2019. An array of reports have listed various reasons for the low number of viewers tuning in, which also includes the nba's support of the black lives matter movement and president donald trump. Ben strauss of the athletic takes a deep dive into the television ratings for this year’s nba conference finals.
Toronto — the nba correctly anticipated that television ratings would dip for game 1 of the nba finals, for two very important reasons. Nba playoff viewership still down 18% after second weekend of games (across tnt/abc/espn/nba tv) — austin karp (@austinkarp) april 23, 2019 the television ratings drop is not unprecedented if you look back through nba postseason history. Toronto — the nba correctly anticipated that television ratings would dip for game 1 of the nba finals, for two very important reasons.
This represents a decline of roughly 30%.
According to the report, nba playoff viewership has dropped from 2.39 million average viewers in 2019 to 1.68 million in 2020. As the nba continues to struggle to attract the sort of viewership it had last year, the ufc is seeing the opposite happen. According to michael mulvihill, the nba is down 19% for the playoffs through april 25. Nba playoff viewership falls off the cliff.