UPDATE: To be fair since I compared MLB vs NBA return night 1, here is night 2MLB (last Friday, ESPN)Mets-Braves (4p) – 922KBrewers-Cubs(7p) – 1.0MAngels-As (10p) – 797K
NBA (last night ESPN)Celtics-Bucks (6:30p) – 1.3MMavs-Rockets (9p)- 1.7M
I don’t have the comparative numbers from last year but games typically draw viewership in millions as opposed to thousands. And back in May 6.3 million sports starved viewers tuned in to watch Woods, Mickelson, Manning and Tom Brady hit golf balls in the water at the Tiger Woods Challenge. People want a return to sports and don’t want to sit thru political theatre to do it. -ML
UPDATE: To be fair since I compared MLB vs NBA return night 1, here is night 2MLB (last Friday, ESPN)Mets-Braves (4p) – 922KBrewers-Cubs(7p) – 1.0MAngels-As (10p) – 797K
NBA (last night ESPN)Celtics-Bucks (6:30p) – 1.3MMavs-Rockets (9p)- 1.7M
I don’t have the comparative numbers from last year but games typically draw viewership in millions as opposed to thousands. And back in May 6.3 million sports starved viewers tuned in to watch Woods, Mickelson, Manning and Tom Brady hit golf balls in the water at the Tiger Woods Challenge. People want a return to sports and don’t want to sit thru political theatre to do it. -ML