Viewership For Nationally Televised NBA Games, 2013-14 Season
Ranked top to bottom
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Net
|
Viewers
|
vs. last year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed., 12/25/13 | 5:00 PM | Heat/Lakers | ABC |
7.83M
|
-18%
|
| Wed., 12/25/13 | 2:30 PM | Thunder/Knicks | ABC |
5.45M
|
-38%
|
| Tue., 10/29/13 | 8:00 PM | Bulls/Heat | TNT |
5.37M
|
0%
|
| Sun., 1/26/14 | 3:30 PM | Lakers/Knicks | ABC |
4.37M
|
-31%
|
| Sun., 4/6/14 | 3:30 PM | Lakers/Clippers | ABC |
3.98M**
|
-8%
|
| Wed., 1/29/14 | 7:00 PM | Thunder/Heat | ESPN |
3.86M
|
93%
|
| Thu., 2/20/14 | 8:00 PM | Heat/Thunder | TNT |
3.84M
|
57%
|
| Sun., 2/23/14 | 3:30 PM | Bulls/Heat | ABC |
3.66M
|
no game
|
| Tue., 10/29/13 | 10:30 PM | Clippers/Lakers | TNT |
3.57M
|
-17%
|
| Sun., 1/26/14 | 1:00 PM | Spurs/Heat | ABC |
3.55M
|
-23%
|
| Wed., 12/25/13 | 8:00 PM | Rockets/Spurs | ESPN |
3.40M
|
42%
|
| Sun., 3/9/14 | 3:30 PM | Thunder/Lakers | ABC |
3.38M
|
-17%
|
| Sun., 3/9/14 | 1:00 PM | Heat/Bulls | ABC |
3.38M
|
17%
|
| Wed., 3/26/14 | 8:00 PM | Heat/Pacers | ESPN |
3.35M
|
-14%
|
| Sun., 3/16/14 | 3:30 PM | Rockets/Heat | ABC |
3.27M
|
no game
|
| Thu., 1/9/14 | 8:00 PM | Heat/Knicks | TNT |
3.14M
|
117%
|
| Sun., 2/9/14 | 3:30 PM | Bulls/Lakers | ABC |
3.07M
|
-53%
|
| Sun., 4/6/14 | 1:00 PM | Knicks/Heat | ABC |
3.02M
|
0%
|
| Sun., 4/13/14 | 1:00 PM | Thunder/Pacers | ABC |
2.83M
|
-6%
|
| Wed., 12/25/13 | 12:00 PM | Bulls/Nets | ESPN |
2.78M
|
-26%
|
| Wed., 12/18/13 | 7:00 PM | Pacers/Heat | ESPN |
2.78M
|
65%
|
| Wed., 12/25/13 | 10:30 PM | Clippers/Warriors | ESPN |
2.73M
|
18%
|
| Thu., 2/27/14 | 8:00 PM | Knicks/Heat | TNT |
2.72M
|
113%
|
| Sun., 2/9/14 | 1:00 PM | Knicks/Thunder | ABC |
2.68M
|
-19%
|
| Thu., 1/23/14 | 8:00 PM | Lakers/Heat | TNT |
2.65M
|
8%
|
| Sat., 2/1/14 | 8:30 PM | Heat/Knicks | ESPN |
2.65M
|
no game
|
| Thu., 10/31/13 | 8:00 PM | Knicks/Bulls | TNT |
2.64M
|
no game
|
| Thu., 3/6/14 | 8:00 PM | Heat/Spurs | TNT |
2.63M
|
-4%
|
| Sun., 3/2/14 | 1:00 PM | Knicks/Bulls | ABC |
2.60M
|
-36%
|
| Wed., 2/5/14 | 10:30 PM | Heat/Clippers | ESPN |
2.56M
|
no game
|
| Sun., 2/23/14 | 1:00 PM | Clippers/Thunder | ABC |
2.50M
|
-15%
|
| Fri., 1/10/14 | 8:00 PM | Heat/Nets | ESPN |
2.49M
|
31%
|
| Fri., 11/1/13 | 8:00 PM | Heat/Nets | ESPN |
2.45M
|
-12%
|
| Thu., 11/7/13 | 7:00 PM | Clippers/Heat | TNT |
2.40M
|
30%
|
| Thu., 11/7/13 | 9:30 PM | Lakers/Rockets | TNT |
2.32M
|
65%
|
| Fri., 11/1/13 | 10:30 PM | Spurs/Lakers | ESPN |
2.18M
|
-29%
|
| Thu., 10/31/13 | 10:30 PM | Warriors/Clippers | TNT |
2.16M
|
1%
|
| Wed., 11/6/13 | 9:30 PM | Mavs/Thunder | ESPN |
2.15M
|
61%
|
| Thu., 12/5/13 | 9:30 PM | Heat/Bulls | TNT |
2.09M
|
76%
|
| Wed., 11/20/13 | 9:30 PM | Rockets/Mavs | ESPN |
2.07M
|
no game
|
| Thu., 11/14/13 | 8:00 PM | Rockets/Knicks | TNT |
2.05M
|
45%
|
| Wed., 1/29/14 | 9:30 PM | Bulls/Spurs | ESPN |
2.04M
|
-16%
|
| Thu., 2/20/14 | 10:30 PM | Rockets/Warriors | TNT |
2.04M
|
3%
|
| Wed., 12/18/13 | 9:30 PM | Bulls/Rockets | ESPN |
1.97M
|
61%
|
| Wed., 4/9/14 | 8:00 PM | Heat/Grizzlies | ESPN |
1.96M
|
64%
|
| Wed., 11/6/13 | 7:00 PM | Bulls/Pacers | ESPN |
1.96M
|
84%
|
| Thu., 4/3/14 | 8:00 PM | Spurs/Thunder | TNT |
1.94M
|
84%
|
| Wed., 4/9/14 | 10:30 PM | Thunder/Clippers | ESPN |
1.94M
|
53%
|
| Thu., 1/16/14 | 9:30 PM | Thunder/Rockets | TNT |
1.92M
|
-46%
|
| Thu., 11/21/13 | 8:00 PM | Clippers/Thunder | TNT |
1.90M
|
no game
|
| Wed., 1/22/14 | 8:00 PM | Thunder/Spurs | ESPN |
1.87M
|
no game
|
| Wed., 11/27/13 | 7:30 PM | Heat/Cavs | ESPN |
1.86M
|
no game
|
| Thu., 11/14/13 | 10:30 PM | Thunder/Warriors | TNT |
1.82M
|
15%
|
| Wed., 11/20/13 | 7:00 PM | Pacers/Knicks | ESPN |
1.80M
|
-16%
|
| Tue., 4/8/14 | 8:00 PM | Nets/Heat | TNT |
1.79M
|
no game
|
| Fri., 3/7/14 | 9:30 PM | Pacers/Rockets | ESPN |
1.78M
|
8%
|
| Thu., 12/19/13 | 8:00 PM | Bulls/Thunder | TNT |
1.77M
|
5%
|
| Fri., 12/13/13 | 8:00 PM | Lakers/Thunder | ESPN |
1.75M
|
23%
|
| Wed., 3/12/14 | 9:30 PM | Blazers/Spurs | ESPN |
1.75M
|
23%
|
| Fri., 12/13/13 | 10:30 PM | Rockets/Warriors | ESPN |
1.75M
|
36%
|
| Wed., 11/13/13 | 10:30 PM | Thunder/Clippers | ESPN |
1.75M
|
-22%
|
| Fri., 4/4/14 | 9:30 PM | Thunder/Rockets | ESPN |
1.75M
|
52%
|
| Tue., 3/25/14 | 8:00 PM | Thunder/Mavs | TNT |
1.74M
|
20%
|
| Thu., 2/13/14 | 10:30 PM | Thunder/Lakers | TNT |
1.74M
|
-34%
|
| Fri., 1/17/14 | 9:30 PM | Warriors/Thunder | ESPN |
1.72M
|
-21%
|
| Fri., 1/31/14 | 8:00 PM | Thunder/Nets | ESPN |
1.71M
|
4%
|
| Thu., 1/9/14 | 10:30 PM | Thunder/Nuggets | TNT |
1.71M
|
25%
|
| Wed., 2/5/14 | 8:00 PM | Blazers/Knicks | ESPN |
1.70M
|
56%
|
| Thu., 3/6/14 | 10:30 PM | Clippers/Lakers | TNT |
1.70M
|
-2%
|
| Fri., 12/20/13 | 8:00 PM | Rockets/Pacers | ESPN |
1.70M
|
no game
|
| Wed., 3/19/14 | 8:00 PM | Pacers/Knicks | ESPN |
1.68M
|
71%
|
| Fri., 11/22/13 | 10:30 PM | Warriors/Lakers | ESPN |
1.67M
|
no game
|
| Wed., 2/26/14 | 10:30 PM | Rockets/Clippers | ESPN |
1.65M
|
20%
|
| Thu., 1/16/14 | 7:00 PM | Knicks/Pacers | TNT |
1.63M
|
-3%
|
| Wed., 3/12/14 | 7:00 PM | Nets/Heat | ESPN |
1.63M
|
16%
|
| Thu., 1/30/14 | 10:30 PM | Clippers/Warriors | TNT |
1.60M
|
31%
|
| Thu., 4/10/14 | 8:00 PM | Spurs/Mavs | TNT |
1.60M
|
-25%
|
| Wed., 11/13/13 | 8:00 PM | Knicks/Hawks | ESPN |
1.60M
|
-5%
|
| Thu., 3/13/14 | 9:30 PM | Lakers/Thunder | TNT |
1.58M
|
17%
|
| Wed., 4/16/14 | 10:30 PM | Clippers/Blazers | ESPN |
1.57M
|
-37%
|
| Mon., 1/20/14 | 10:30 PM | Pacers/Warriors | TNT |
1.56M
|
-30%
|
| Thu., 12/19/13 | 10:30 PM | Spurs/Warriors | TNT |
1.55M
|
-22%
|
| Thu., 12/26/13 | 10:30 PM | Clippers/Blazers | TNT |
1.53M
|
-32%
|
| Fri., 1/10/14 | 10:30 PM | Lakers/Clippers | ESPN |
1.52M
|
-34%
|
| Sun., 1/26/14 | 6:30 PM | Nets/Celtics | ESPN |
1.52M
|
-2%
|
| Mon., 3/17/14 | 8:00 PM | Thunder/Bulls | ESPN |
1.52M
|
-60%
|
| Wed., 12/11/13 | 8:00 PM | Bulls/Knicks | ESPN |
1.51M
|
-13%
|
| Wed., 3/19/14 | 10:30 PM | Spurs/Lakers | ESPN |
1.50M
|
no game
|
| Thu., 2/13/14 | 8:00 PM | Nets/Bulls | TNT |
1.50M
|
-56%
|
| Thu., 12/5/13 | 7:00 PM | Knicks/Nets | TNT |
1.49M
|
-45%
|
| Wed., 12/11/13 | 10:30 PM | Mavs/Warriors | ESPN |
1.49M
|
-2%
|
| Thu., 12/26/13 | 8:00 PM | Grizzlies/Rockets | TNT |
1.48M
|
-34%
|
| Thu., 11/21/13 | 10:30 PM | Bulls/Nuggets | TNT |
1.47M
|
no game
|
| Thu., 1/23/14 | 10:30 PM | Nuggets/Blazers | TNT |
1.47M
|
5%
|
| Thu., 2/6/14 | 10:30 PM | Bulls/Warriors | TNT |
1.45M
|
10%
|
| Tue., 3/25/14 | 10:30 PM | Knicks/Lakers | TNT |
1.44M
|
-11%
|
| Thu., 4/3/14 | 10:30 PM | Mavs/Clippers | TNT |
1.44M
|
-26%
|
| Mon., 3/17/14 | 10:30 PM | Clippers/Nuggets | ESPN |
1.43M
|
-10%
|
| Fri., 2/21/14 | 10:30 PM | Celtics/Lakers | ESPN |
1.42M
|
-11%
|
| Fri., 1/31/14 | 10:30 PM | Warriors/Jazz | ESPN |
1.41M
|
-30%
|
| Fri., 11/22/13 | 8:00 PM | Spurs/Grizzlies | ESPN |
1.40M
|
no game
|
| Thu., 2/6/14 | 8:00 PM | Spurs/Nets | TNT |
1.39M
|
-47%
|
| Tue., 4/15/14 | 8:00 PM | Knicks/Nets | TNT |
1.38M
|
79%
|
| Fri., 12/20/13 | 10:30 PM | Wolves/Lakers | ESPN |
1.38M
|
no game
|
| Thu., 1/30/14 | 8:00 PM | Cavs/Knicks | TNT |
1.38M
|
-14%
|
| Fri., 2/28/14 | 8:00 PM | Warriors/Knicks | ESPN |
1.37M
|
-31%
|
| Wed., 1/22/14 | 10:30 PM | Pacers/Suns | ESPN |
1.37M
|
no game
|
| Fri., 11/15/13 | 10:30 PM | Pistons/Kings | ESPN |
1.35M
|
-34%
|
| Thu., 12/12/13 | 10:30 PM | Rockets/Blazers | TNT |
1.34M
|
1%
|
| Fri., 1/24/14 | 8:00 PM | Clippers/Bulls | ESPN |
1.33M
|
19%
|
| Mon., 1/20/14 | 8:00 PM | Blazers/Rockets | TNT |
1.32M
|
-1%
|
| Thu., 4/10/14 | 10:30 PM | Nuggets/Warriors | TNT |
1.31M
|
-21%
|
| Fri., 2/7/14 | 9:30 PM | Wolves/Pelicans | ESPN |
1.30M
|
-12%
|
| Fri., 11/15/13 | 8:00 PM | Wolves/Nuggets | ESPN |
1.28M
|
16%
|
| Wed., 3/26/14 | 10:30 PM | Grizzlies/Jazz | ESPN |
1.28M
|
-16%
|
| Fri., 2/7/14 | 7:00 PM | Blazers/Pacers | ESPN |
1.28M
|
-33%
|
| Wed., 2/19/14 | 10:30 PM | Rockets/Lakers | ESPN |
1.27M
|
-43%
|
| Tue., 4/8/14 | 10:30 PM | Rockets/Lakers | TNT |
1.25M
|
no game
|
| Wed., 4/16/14 | 8:00 PM | Mavs/Grizzlies | ESPN |
1.25M
|
-23%
|
| Thu., 2/27/14 | 10:30 PM | Nets/Nuggets | TNT |
1.25M
|
-26%
|
| Thu., 12/12/13 | 8:00 PM | Clippers/Nets | TNT |
1.24M
|
-59%
|
| Thu., 3/13/14 | 7:00 PM | Rockets/Bulls | TNT |
1.20M
|
-18%
|
| Wed., 1/8/14 | 7:00 PM | Mavs/Spurs | ESPN |
1.20M
|
-40%
|
| Wed., 1/15/14 | 10:30 PM | Nuggets/Warriors | ESPN |
1.20M
|
-28%
|
| Wed., 4/2/14 | 7:00 PM | Nets/Knicks | ESPN |
1.19M
|
19%
|
| Wed., 2/19/14 | 8:00 PM | Pacers/Wolves | ESPN |
1.18M
|
0%
|
| Tue., 4/1/14 | 10:30 PM | Blazers/Lakers | TNT |
1.18M
|
-49%
|
| Tue., 4/15/14 | 10:30 PM | Nuggets/Clippers | TNT |
1.14M
|
31%
|
| Sun., 2/23/14 | 9:00 PM | Rockets/Suns | ESPN |
1.13M
|
-27%
|
| Tue., 4/1/14 | 8:00 PM | Rockets/Nets | TNT |
1.13M
|
-59%
|
| Wed., 1/8/14 | 9:30 PM | Suns/Wolves | ESPN |
1.11M
|
-37%
|
| Fri., 1/17/14 | 7:00 PM | Clippers/Knicks | ESPN |
1.10M
|
-44%
|
| Fri., 3/7/14 | 7:00 PM | Grizzlies/Bulls | ESPN |
1.08M
|
-29%
|
| Fri., 2/28/14 | 10:30 PM | Pelicans/Suns | ESPN |
1.08M
|
-46%
|
| Fri., 12/6/13 | 7:30 PM | Nuggets/Celtics | ESPN |
1.06M
|
-25%
|
| Fri., 2/21/14 | 8:00 PM | Nuggets/Bulls | ESPN |
1.04M
|
-22%
|
| Wed., 2/26/14 | 8:00 PM | Pelicans/Mavs | ESPN |
1.02M
|
-35%
|
| Wed., 1/15/14 | 8:00 PM | Jazz/Spurs | ESPN |
996K
|
-30%
|
| Wed., 3/5/14 | 8:00 PM | Mavs/Nuggets | ESPN |
996K
|
-30%
|
| Mon., 1/20/14 | 2:30 PM | Nets/Knicks | ESPN |
986K
|
26%
|
| Wed., 3/5/14 | 10:30 PM | Hawks/Blazers | ESPN |
890K
|
no game
|
| Fri., 4/4/14 | 7:00 PM | Nuggets/Grizzlies | ESPN |
800K
|
-36%
|
| Average |
1.956M
|
(Game-by-game viewership from ESPN, Sports Business Daily, Nielsen, The Futon Critic)
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