Originally Posted by DJJasonp:
Still think these numbers are overrated.
People are gathered with families and there’s nothing else on worth watching.
It’s nearly the same as cnn at airports.
My family at least my moms side cares so little about sports it is amazing. They didn't watch any NFL or any NBA on XMas and the only player they even knew from either league was Michael Jordan, Mahomes and Kelce. Had no effing clue about anything. I kind of admire it. They just spend hours talking about cars and motor oil though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by New World Order:
Only Jordan could come possibly close to competing with the NFL
Jordan drew 15 million Christmas Day in 93 which would be about 25 million today based of the percentage of the world’s population then and now.
But hey, congrats to Curry and LeBron on getting 20% of the way there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
Jordan drew 15 million Christmas Day in 93 which would be about 25 million today based of the percentage of the world’s population then and now.
But hey, congrats to Curry and LeBron on getting 20% of the way there.
You’re not seriously comparing TV ratings from 1993 to now, right?
The top network shows averaged 20-30M viewers an episode back then. Bit of a different media landscape 30 years ago :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
I'm not sure what you are getting at. NBA ratings suck compared to years past. Every other sport is up. What's your point?
You can't grasp that network television ratings are way down across the board from 30 years ago for reasons that have nothing to do with which NBA players are playing? [Reply]
Originally Posted by :
NBA Christmas games ranked by viewership (1997-present)
The most-watched NBA Christmas Day games dating back to 1997 are as follows:
#1: Shaq vs. Kobe I (Heat-Lakers, 2004): The much-hyped first meeting between Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant as opponents averaged 13.18 million viewers on ABC in 2004.
#2: Heatles vs. Lakers (Heat-Lakers, 2010): In the first season of the LeBron James-led Miami Heat, the “Heatles” first matchup with Kobe Bryant and the two-time defending champion Lakers averaged 13.11 million viewers.
#3: The first LeBron-Steph Christmas (Cavaliers-Warriors, 2015): Coming off of an NBA Finals that still ranks as the highest rated since 1998, LeBron James and the Cavaliers faced the 27-1 defending champion Warriors in front of a TV audience of 11.17 million.
#4: An Opening Night thriller (Bulls-Lakers, 2011): On Opening Night of the 2011-12 season — shortened by a lengthy owner-imposed lockout — Kobe Bryant and the Lakers faced reigning MVP Derrick Rose and the Bulls in front of a TV audience of the 11.01 million.
#5: Jordan’s final Christmas game (Heat-Bulls, 1997): In what turned out to be his final Christmas Day game, Michael Jordan and the “Last Dance” Bulls faced the Heat in an Eastern Conference Finals rematch that drew 10.85 million on NBC.
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
You can't grasp that network television ratings are way down across the board from 30 years ago for reasons that have nothing to do with which NBA players are playing?
Haven't you been shitting on the NBA and the ratings all the way up until the last Lebron post? [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
I shit on the NBA product when I think it is lacking, yes.
I don't make bogus comparisons to TV ratings from 30 years ago as if people are watching television the same way they did in the 1993 anymore.
I guess I'm not still following.
The 2024 NBA Finals, featuring the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics, averaged 11.3 million viewers across both TV and streaming platform. The 96 NBA finals averaged 29 million per game and we have added a few billion people to the worldwide population since then. [Reply]
