NBA Christmas Day Games Generate Ratings Highs For ESPN & ABC
deadline.comChristmas Day delivered record viewership for the five NBA games that were telecast on ABC and ESPN. The five-game average was up 5% from 2021, managing about 4.27M viewers (compared to 4.08M viewers from last year), according to Nielsen.
The NBA games on ESPN and ABC also generated 3% year-over-year viewership increases in key demos, including P18-49 and P25-54.
The Philadelphia 76ers victory over the New York Knicks averaged about 4M viewers, which was up 38% from the 12 p.m. ET window last year (Atlanta Hawks vs.
New York Knicks) and became the most-watched NBA Christmas game in the noon window since 2011. The 5 p.m. ET matchup between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks drew the largest average audience of the day with about 6M total viewers, which is a 16% increase from last year’s 5 p.m.
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