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  • VanCitySportsGuy
    NYG_Meth
    • Feb 2003
    • 9351

    #1

    NBA Ratings continue to slide



    "The exhilarating basketball in the NBA playoffs has been fun to watch.

    But lots of viewers wouldn't know. Through Tuesday, the league's national TV carriers — ABC, ESPN and TNT — are averaging 1.8% of U.S. TV households. That's down 10% from this point in the postseason last year and down 38% from this point in 2000, when more games were carried on broadcast TV instead of cable.

    But after ABC this year posted the fifth consecutive record-low ratings for NBA broadcast network regular-season coverage — ESPN and TNT finished even with last year — you have to wonder just how low the league's ratings could go in these playoffs. Or they could rebound: ESPN's total playoff rating last year ended up 38% from its first playoff coverage in 2003."

    - What that article doesn't mention is that on March 25th, the NHL on NBC (Pens/Bruins) got a better rating than the NBA on ABC (Suns/Kings). To be fair, a NCAA game was on CBS at the same time.

    - NBA on ESPN averaged a 1.2 rating this season. TNT got a 1.0 rating.

    - The TV contract with ESPN and TNT expires after the 07-08 season.

    I'm not sure how many would agree with me, but I enjoyed the NBA on NBC coverage more than NBA on ABC.
  • ZB9
    Hall Of Fame
    • Nov 2004
    • 18387

    #2
    Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

    i imagine the ratings for the regular season will be lower next year also. being that the regular season really doesnt mean anything.

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    • bball_1523
      MVP
      • Aug 2003
      • 5344

      #3
      Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

      forget ratings, just play basketball baby!

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      • Bird006
        MVP
        • Mar 2003
        • 961

        #4
        Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

        Originally posted by ZB9
        i imagine the ratings for the regular season will be lower next year also. being that the regular season really doesnt mean anything.
        True. It's all about the playoofs baby!



        *Looks at Raptors situation...*

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        • Sarah
          MVP
          • May 2003
          • 2609

          #5
          Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

          If Stern will bring back the old school NBA rules, I'd watch basketball again. Make it a mandate that NBA potential players stay in school for 3 years so we won't have more of this Kwame Brown or Tyson Chandler type of players.

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          • mvb34
            S**c*d* P**l C*-Ch*mp**n
            • Jul 2002
            • 8138

            #6
            Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

            Originally posted by ZB9
            i imagine the ratings for the regular season will be lower next year also. being that the regular season really doesnt mean anything.
            Maybe in Dallas not no where else...
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            • jmood88
              Sean Payton: Retribution
              • Jul 2003
              • 34639

              #7
              Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

              Originally posted by Sarah
              If Stern will bring back the old school NBA rules, I'd watch basketball again. Make it a mandate that NBA potential players stay in school for 3 years so we won't have more of this Kwame Brown or Tyson Chandler type of players.
              There are going to be busts and players who lack basketball knowledge regardless of how many years they're required to stay in school.
              Originally posted by Blzer
              Let me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

              If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)

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              • SEGA_LOYAL_FAN
                Pr*
                • Aug 2003
                • 1057

                #8
                Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                Originally posted by jmood88
                There are going to be busts and players who lack basketball knowledge regardless of how many years they're required to stay in school.
                At that point owners won't look so silly giving big money to guys like Kwame after seing them in college though. I think the shape of basketball is changing for the worst imo. I'll still watch it but it's full of players that don't know how to use their body/height to their advantage like Shaq and past good to great 4's and 5's have displayed. It's also being displayed in the lack of calls big men are getting when being scratched up by small players in the paint that should be a reaching foul.

                topic: Could it be that the rating also go up and down depending on the game. I know i usually change the channel when the spurs are playing...were playing the nuggets. Will be watching the spurs/suns series though.

                I was looking around the net earlier to see if i could find the rating that the dallas/warriors game had. No real website to search for this and i had no time to go find someone at work that is part of the abc/disney company that deals with the nba.
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                • fsquid
                  Banned
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 17635

                  #9
                  Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                  this shows you why ESPN is trying to make as many college football bowl games as they can. Even the New Orleans Bowl gets a better rating than NBA basketball.

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                  • fsquid
                    Banned
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 17635

                    #10
                    Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                    I was looking around the net earlier to see if i could find the rating that the dallas/warriors game had. No real website to search for this and i had no time to go find someone at work that is part of the abc/disney company that deals with the nba.
                    Game started at 10:30 on the East coast, you won't find a rating.

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                    • Jimplication
                      MVP
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 3591

                      #11
                      Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                      Originally posted by ZB9
                      i imagine the ratings for the regular season will be lower next year also. being that the regular season really doesnt mean anything.
                      In the grand scheme of things, the NBA as a whole (including playoffs) doesn't really "mean anything," but to those that enjoy the game, it might mean something.

                      To me, the regular season means something because it results in the Sixers not making the playoffs. Thus, if I want to see them play, I better tune in before April.

                      TV ratings don't really mean much to me. Those that enjoy watching basketball will watch. Those that don't, won't. I suppose they are valuable in regards to pricing advertising and such, but I would hope people don't determine whether they enjoy the NBA (or any sport) based solely on how its television ratings are doing.
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                      • toneloc99
                        Pro
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 824

                        #12
                        Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                        What the ratings really mean is that ABC has been a disaster for NBA coverage. Hopefully when the contract is up the NBA will go back to NBC which always had great coverage. Plus who wouldn't want to hear the NBC theme again.

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                        • RubenDouglas
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • May 2003
                          • 11202

                          #13
                          Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                          how do they get these ratings.

                          Everyone and their mother watched the GSW/MAVS game two days ago that i know of. none of them have that neilsen ratings box or whatever its called.

                          they need a new system other than saying "ratings are down" when all my life ive never known anyone with this box.
                          Last edited by RubenDouglas; 05-05-2007, 06:08 AM.

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                          • jmood88
                            Sean Payton: Retribution
                            • Jul 2003
                            • 34639

                            #14
                            Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                            Originally posted by RubenDouglas
                            how do they get these ratings.

                            Everyone and their mother watched the GSW/MAVS game two days ago that i know of. none of them have that neilsen ratings box or whatever its called.

                            they need a new system other than saying "ratings are down" when all my life ive never known anyone with this box.
                            I've always wondered that. They have a small population of people with those boxes who may or may not like certain things. The neilsen ratings are way too powerful to just have random people with the boxes.
                            Originally posted by Blzer
                            Let me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

                            If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)

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                            • grunt
                              Banned
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 9527

                              #15
                              Re: NBA Ratings continue to slide

                              NBA has too many games on TV. The thrill is gone when you can watch 4 or 5 games a week. The season is long and then the first round is a best of seven, too long for most casual fans.

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