I wonder what the Celtics vs. Heat drew,. Not just any game 7 but an "epic" one, as they say. Boston, a heavy favorite, was trying to come back from 0-3, never had been done in the NBA.
I assume 9 to 11 million? We'll see the ratings soon, I guess.
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I assume 9 to 11 million? We'll see the ratings soon, I guess.
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Saturday was game 6. Game 7 Monday night drew nearly 12 million
Twelve million viewers for Heat-Celtics Game 7
The Celtics failed to make history on the court, but their comeback against the Miami Heat delivered in a big way in the ratings.
www.sportsmediawatch.com
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Higher than last year Heat v Celtics game 7 that came down to the wire but the fifth highest on cable all time for the NBA.
Game 6:
ESPN Golden Knights-Stars: 1.584M (0.44 in the demo)
WCF avg viewership:
1.618M (6 games)
ECF avg viewership was also 1.618M (4 games)
ESPN Golden Knights-Stars: 1.584M (0.44 in the demo)
WCF avg viewership:
1.618M (6 games)
ECF avg viewership was also 1.618M (4 games)
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Bad no spin to it. Now let's hope the finals go better.
It's been interesting, viewership wise.
-Record setting First Round.
-Underrated Second Round that did better than most think.
-Bad, predictably bad Conference Finals.
-Into a SCF that will have an avg near the bottom of the list -- still predict it'll easily finish above 'worst all-time'.
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Saturday was game 6. Game 7 Monday night drew nearly 12 million
Twelve million viewers for Heat-Celtics Game 7
The Celtics failed to make history on the court, but their comeback against the Miami Heat delivered in a big way in the ratings.
If game 7 was closer, viewership would have been much higher.
I think at this point it seems like the same people are watch the remaining playoff games. There doesn't seem to be too much fluctuation in viewership game to game.
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Stanley Cup still at five-year high despite quiet conference finals
A quiet conference final round has slowed the NHL's pace, but Stanley Cup playoff viewership remains at a five-year high.
www.sportsmediawatch.com
The first three rounds of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs averaged 1.14 million viewers across ESPN, ABC and TNT, up 2% from last year and the highest average at this point of the postseason since 2018. The two percent gain over last year is considerably narrower than earlier in the playoffs, no doubt the result of a conference final round in which not a single game averaged two million viewers. None of the conference final games rank among the five most-watched this postseason, with Stars-Golden Knights Game 5 placing sixth.
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It’s a true “grow the game” vs “go for viewership” (meaning $$$) scenario. This final will undoubtedly help create new hockey fans in the Miami area which is a huge positive ultimately. The Panthers finally gaining relevancy for a sustained period of time is a big deal. However, considering the numbers we saw in the first round, if certain teams make it to the conference finals (i.e The Rangers, Bruins, Leafs, Blackhawks etc.) we could see record breaking 3rd and 4th round numbers, we just haven’t been that lucky yet
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Btw, growing the game really means nothing. LA drew 13.4 in the final a few yrs ago, then the following yr, they drew 0.5 and they weren't even bad. Once a team starts being mediocre, no one will watch anymore. they'll forget they ever exist again.Saturday was game 6. Game 7 Monday night drew nearly 12 million
Twelve million viewers for Heat-Celtics Game 7
The Celtics failed to make history on the court, but their comeback against the Miami Heat delivered in a big way in the ratings.
The big question is, will any game in this NBA final beat this gm7 conf final game rating of 12M??? I'm hearing alot of ppl on tv saying that this is going to be the most boring NBA final ever cuz ppl don't really care much about Jokic and that DEN is not a big draw. Is it possible that besides Florida and Colorado, not many are turning in to this?
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People that view this NBA Finals as boring is the type of people that watch ESPN shows or just don't care about ball and follow storylines
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My post wasnt about growing the game, so IDK why you quoted it.
But, Im sure Auston Matthews would still be a hockey player had the Arizona Coyotes never existed
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While I agree, the money however is made by drawing in casual fans with interesting storylines. I think that is also a very important part of marketing any sport. The die hard fans are going spend on the league regardless of what happens but the casual fans need to be drawn in by something interesting to spend on the product. F1 thrived off this with the Netflix show by creating interesting storylines that drew in a tons of casual followers.
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Sure but I don't think you need to be a die hard to know this finals will be good. I'll those people are worse than casuals because casuls could watch the finals these guys are just big markets or big stars fans.
NBA gets more viewers because more people know the sport and grew up with the sport at the grassroots. Almost every elementary school and every high school has a basketball gym. If there is anything that is keeping hockey down or behind others, it is at the grassroots level than anything at the NHL level. That doesn't mean the NHL can't get better at marketing the sport, especially at the grassroots, but a large part of the NBA's success is more people know about it and if more people know about it, the more people will watch it.
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If that's what makes the difference, then why doesn't the MLS have big ratings in the US? Kids grow up with soccer from elementary school all through high school and there are tons of soccer fields around. Soccer is the 2nd most played sports in the US behind baseball.
Americans will NEVER like soccer. It's so damn boring. It's been here forever, and Americans still don't watch it. They'll watch the world cup, then when it's over, they won't watch soccer again for 4 yrs.. U watch 2 hrs of that garbage to see a 0-0 final and 4 shots on goal. I'd rather watch paint dry. It's big only amongst Hispanics and Europeans who've moved to US. They are the only ppl that like this dull game.. Them, and Eddygee.
If u think hockey fans get mad when ppl say hockey is not part of the 4 major sports, u should see how soccer fans react.. they get pissed. They want to be considered the 4th major sport over hockey.
Keep dreaming!!!!
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So then you're in agreement that a grassroots approach for hockey doesn't guarantee the sport will ever become popular in the US... since about 20 million play soccer and it's still a niche sport... while even less play hockey with around 3 million.
I compare hockey to this. No matter how exciting Cricket might be, if we had a team here in MTL in a new league, no way i'd watch a second of it cuz i never was introduced to this game as a kid or now. I can't relate to it. so who cares!
Same in US. most of the ratings we get are from 20% of the whole US. (just the northeast mostly) who grew up with the game. We don't get the other 80% tuning in cuz they have no idea what Ice is or skates, or even a puck is. They don't know what offside is, icing, etc. They can't relate to it like we can.. They have 90 deg heat and sunshine all yr long. They've never seen snow or a hockey stick before. So that's why we'll never touch the NBA in ratings cuz their ratings come from 100% of the country, whereas hockey is about 25% of the country. We've been playing shorthanded our whole life.
No matter how exciting hockey is with the fights, saves, powerplays, etc.. americans don't see the same things we see.
Just like if cricket came to the US, no matter how exciting it might be, we wouldn't care less about cricket, just like 80% of americans couldn't care less about hockey.
and also, we're very much shorthanded cuz we lose most of the immigrants. There are close to 100 million immigrants and African Americans combined in the US. 99% of african americans and maybe 90% of hispanics are not watching hockey. Neither are most Asians. so hockey is only getting mostly white fans..
That is my opinion on why hockey will never be a top 3 sport in the US
As a viewer it is nice to have a full pre-game and post game show to go with the Final, which we didn’t get with ESPN/ABC last year.
