What was the most-watched Stanley Cup Final?

Since the event returned to broadcast TV in 1995, the highest rated and most-watched Stanley Cup Final game remains Bruins-Canucks Game 7 in 2011 (4.8, 8.5M).

How many viewers did the Stanley Cup Final have?

This year’s Stanley Cup Final averaged 2.52 million viewers on US network NBC, an increase of 17 per cent compared to the 2020 edition of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) champion-crowning series.

How bad were the ratings for the NBA Finals?

For the 2020 NBA Finals, the ratings dropped to a historic low, with one of the games drawing only 5.9 million viewers. The average viewers figure over 6 games was 7.5 million, which is a 51\% decline from the previous year.

Are ratings down for NBA playoffs?

The 2020 NBA Playoffs averaged 3.04 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV (83 telecasts), down 37\% from last year, when the postseason took place as scheduled in April, May and June (4.83M). [Related: NBA Finals ratings improve, but still low, at series end.]

Are NHL ratings down?

NHL games averaged a total audience delivery (TV+digital) of 391,000 viewers across NBC and NBCSN during what will be NBC Sports’ final season as a league partner after 16 years….NHL viewership down for final regular season with NBC Sports.

NHL regular-season viewership on NBC/NBCSN/digital
SEASON	GAMES	VIEWERS (000)
2020-21	103	391
2019-20	98	398
2018-19	112	424

What are the TV ratings for the NHL hockey?

The game averaged 782,000 viewers and also peaked at over one million viewers. The network said streaming metrics from ESPN+ are not included in the viewership stats. By comparison, the first game of the NHL’s 2020-21 season-opener averaged 972,000 total viewers on NBC’s sports network.

Are NBA ratings up or down 2021?

“At the start of the 2020-2021 NBA season, Nielsen Media Research data showed that NBA viewership for nationally televised games on TNT, ABC and ESPN was up 34 percent compared to the same 27-game period from last season,” Newsweek noted.

Is the NBA in decline?

NBA revenue slipped from $8.8 billion in 2018-19 to $8.3 billion for the 2019-20 season. The NBA hasn’t released revenue numbers for the shortened 72-game season in 2020-21, but Silver addressed reporters on Monday and notified the NBA’s revenue was down about 35\% last year instead of the estimated 40\%.

Are NHL ratings down 2021?

It’s down, like most things, from 2019 when NBC’s average was 1.48 million for TV and streaming across all of its channels and platforms. The 2021 pandemic-shortened NHL regular season averaged 391,000 TV and digital viewers across NBC and NBCSN, according to Sports Business Journal.