NBA Finals: lowest TV audiences of the century in the USA (6.4 million viewers, -58% vs 2019)

6.4 million viewers on average followed the six games of the 2020 NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers - Miami Heat (4-2) played behind closed doors in the "bubble" of Disney World in Orlando (Florida, United States), on the American national, free-TV channel ABC, from 30/09 to 11/10/2020.

The six games have the six worst ratings for NBA Finals games (since at least 1988), and the average audience is down 58% from 2019 (Toronto Raptors - Golden State Warriors, 4-2) , according to the sportsmediawatch website (see below).

Usually played in June, the NBA Finals have been moved to September / October, therefore at the same time as the NFL regular season (September - December; January - February for the playoffs). The NFL Sunday Night "Game of the Week", Minnesota Vikings - Seattle Seahawks (26-27), averaged 11.4 million viewers on the national, free-TV channel NBC on Sunday, 11/10/2020, an audience double that of the last game of the 2020 NBA Finals played at the same time.

2020 NBA Finals: 5.6 to 7.54 million viewers

2020 NBA Finals TV audiences (Los Angeles Lakers - Miami Heat) on ABC

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