Incredibly, Game 1’s viewership still made it the second-most watched NHL playoff game this season, behind just Game 7 of the Islanders-Flyers series, which drew 2.96 million viewers … MIS NASCAR race beats NBA, NHL, MLB in sports TV ratings, but loses out to PGA. ... MLB and the NHL. Strauss also reported that TNT’s viewership is down 40 percent since the 2011-12 season, and ESPN has seen a decline of about 20 percent during the same time. The league drew 3.4 million viewers for an opening night matchup between James and … It's ludicrous. That is a 45 percent drop off. I only watch the odd NBA game but I know some of the names of star players and it makes me wanna watch them. It’s true that this year, some of the LA-Denver games went up against the NFL. The NBA, like MLB, benefited from a strong opening night, though has since seen a decline. ABC’s NBA broadcasts in 2019-20 averaged 2.95 million viewers, down from its 5.42 million during 2011-12, Strauss wrote. Yeah because NHL marketing is not slick enough. The figure for the NHL … 33. Compared to ABC’s final game of last season, Thunder-Rockets on a Saturday night, ratings fell 29% (from 1.7) and viewership 38% (from 2.67M). Updated Aug 12, 2020; Posted Aug 12, 2020 . For some reason the NHL doesn't do it. The NBA sells the players. The NBA continues to see solid viewership numbers of television. Viewership this year was about half of what it was eleven years ago. The average NBA playoff game on ESPN/TNT (2.1 million viewers) drew an audience more than three times the size of the NHL playoff audience on NBC Sports (651,000 viewers). Nielsen, which measures viewership, reports that 2.9% of homes in the market tuned in on average to the NBA telecasts (all on KDNL, Channel 30). Viewership … NBA playoff games broadcast across ESPN and TNT drew an average audience of 2.1 million viewers, compared with an average of 651,000 viewers for NHL playoff games on NBC. With the Conference Finals behind us, how does the NBA compare to the NFL, MLB, and NHL when it comes to their Conference games? Last Sunday’s Thunder-Timberwolves NBA regular season game drew a 1.2 rating and 1.66 million viewers on ABC, marking the network’s lowest rated and least-watched game this season. Yesterday I was watching Jets vs Blues and thinking this should be marketed as Hellebuyck vs Binnington. While both leagues suffered season declines in TV viewership most of the season, the NBA Finals suffered a 49 percent drop year over year while the WNBA had a 15 percent increase.