NBA Finals ratings down from last year. It's over for the NFL edit: GAME 3 Down 5%

[Darealtwo1]

http://awfulannouncing.com/nba/desp...-year-lowest-of-any-cavs-warriors-game-1.html

Despite overtime, ABC draws 12.3 overnight rating for Cavs-Warriors NBA Finals Game 1. Down slightly from 12.4 for Game 1 last year, which was Warriors win by 22 points. Game 1 in 2016 drew a 13.1 overnight, while the 2015 opener drew a 12.9 overnight.

2018 Finals — 12.3
2017 Finals — 12.4
2016 Finals — 13.1
2015 Finals — 12.9

And that is even with hella people turning in late after seeing how competitive it was after the initial finals fatigue of the same teams

People taking this cord cutting shyt to another level

NFL bout to be in panic mode come season opener....I don't even think the Cowboys can save them

Pray for CTEBall

 

[Big Boss]

Like i said the other day, if anything the NBA would have wanted the Cavs win game 1

 

[Spence]

Should’ve had Celtics Rockets in the finals if they wanted ratings. People are tired of seeing the same 2 teams battle it out a 4th time.

 

[nyknick]

NFL bout to be in panic mode come season opener....I don't even think the Cowboys can save them

Pray for CTEBall

Should’ve had Celtics Rockets in the finals if they wanted ratings. People are tired of seeing the same 2 teams battle it out a 4th time.

 

[sportscribe]

And 2017 was a big drop from 2016. What exactly is the point of this thread?

12.4-12.3 is not even a precipitous drop. There are many things that could factor into that from time slot, to programing on another network etc.

 

[sportscribe]

Should’ve had Celtics Rockets in the finals if they wanted ratings. People are tired of seeing the same 2 teams battle it out a 4th time.

Celtics-Rockets would have been terrible for ratings. The NBA got the match-up that they wanted. Only other interesting series would have been Rockets-Cavs.

 

[Paper Boi]

100k viewers is a rounding error according to eric bischoff.

 

[momma]

Why should this be a surprise

It's the 4th year in a row we're getting Cavs Warriors. And if you're following the season you know how badly Cleveland has struggled all year and the almost impossible challenge in GS. This is easily the least interesting Finals matchup since Lakers Magic or Heat Spurs 2014

 

[ALonelyDad]

I wonder how game 2 will be because of how close game 1 was. No one expected that

 

[bl2k8]

Should’ve had Celtics Rockets in the finals if they wanted ratings. People are tired of seeing the same 2 teams battle it out a 4th time.

The Houston market would not put up good numbers.

 

[BAMBA]

How is it 2018 and they still can’t get an exact count for what people are watching? Isn’t all this shyt connected and on the grid now?

 

[Karume]

How is it 2018 and they still can’t get an exact count for what people are watching? Isn’t all this shyt connected and on the grid now?

how is it 2018 and posters dont know that not everyones tv is interconnected

 

[BAMBA]

how is it 2018 and posters dont know that not everyones tv is interconnected

What do you mean by not interconnected?

 

[Karume]

What do you mean by not interconnected?

what did you mean by connected and on the grid?

 

[BAMBA]

what did you mean by connected and on the grid?

Digital cable boxes or online streaming, can’t both just send out info on what channel or program someone is watching? Instead of basing it on just certain people around the country...