ABC earned one of its largest first round NBA playoff audiences ever last weekend.
Game 4 of the Clippers/Warriors first round NBA playoff series drew a 4.2 final rating and 6.5 million viewers on ABC last Sunday, up 11% in ratings and 8% in viewership from Heat/Bucks last year (3.8, 6.0M), but down 7% and 8%, respectively, from Heat/Knicks in 2012 (4.5, 7.0M).
Clippers/Warriors Game 4 ranks as the fifth-most viewed first round game on ABC since the network resumed airing games in the 2002-03 season, and the most-viewed that did not involve the Lakers or Knicks.
The game also ranks as the most-viewed of the playoffs on any network. The previous high was set by Bobcats/Heat Game 1 one week earlier (5.4M).
Earlier in the day, ABC earned a 2.9 and 4.3 million for Bulls/Wizards Game 4 — down 12% in ratings and 11% in viewership from Knicks/Celtics last year (3.3, 4.9M), but up 4% and 2%, respectively, from Bulls/Sixers in 2012 (2.8, 4.2M).
(Sun. numbers from ESPN)
