An average of 1.59 million viewers tuned in to watch NBA regular season games across ABC, ESPN and TNT in the 2022/23 season. This marked a very slight decline on the number of viewers from the previous season.
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Forbes. (2023). Average TV viewers of the NBA regular season from 2020 to 2023 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/
Forbes. "Average Tv Viewers of The Nba Regular Season from 2020 to 2023 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/
Forbes, Average TV viewers of the NBA regular season from 2020 to 2023 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Average TV viewers of the NBA regular season from 2020 to 2023 (in millions) [Graph], Forbes, April 19, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/289993/nba-number-of-tv-viewers-usa/