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by Jon Lewis

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A deep dive into how the NBA and Major League Baseball compare as television draws, in the wake of...

Comments 4

Bessilver says:

15 years ago

Uh, Jlasoon. I hate to temper your enthusiasm, but there has been several meaningless regular season NBA games that have far exceeded MLB’s ratings/viewership between Mets/Yankees. First game of year between Miami vs Boston garnered a 4.6 TV rating, 7.43M viewers. Miami vs Cleveland received a 4.2 rating, 7.1M viewers, Miami Heat vs LAL I drew a 6.4 US HH rating, 10.89M viewers. Celts vs Orlando got a 4.6, 7.4M viewers. Atleast half of these games were on cable (TNT).
- Jlasoon says:
  
  15 years ago
  
  X-mas games or season openers? <—————Show me strong numbers on a saturday night in Oct, Nov, Dec (except X-mas), Jan, Feb for the NBA. Remember Saturday night is the weakest night on TV.
  - JakeFrankie says:
    
    15 years ago
    
    Both the NBA and MLB are strong ratings draws. No point in saying which is better, That 2.4 is just off the 2.7 the Stanley cup game 1.
    
    MLB’s local rating are always strong, There national tv ratings have been getting lower. But it’s still higher than much higher than NHL. Just because MLB’s national ratings are going down doesn’t mean it’s dieing.
    
    I love when people say MLB is dieing when they got a 8.5 for the WS in 2011, People it’s not 1985 anymore. There near thousands of channels now a days, Your not going to see the ratings of the past. But that doesn’t mean the sport is dieing, It’s a different era. I’m a Huge NBA fan, But I say it like it is MLB is fine.
Jlasoon says:

15 years ago

All these claims about MLB & baseball being dead are idiotic. 4.5 million viewers for regional regular season baseball on a Saturday night in May is pretty incredible if you ask me. Outside football, what other sport could pull in such numbers for a meaningless regular season affair?