 |
 |
[06/23/25 - 12:09 PM] Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 7 on ABC and ESPN+ Is Most-Watched NBA Finals Game in Six Years The seven-game series averaged 10,266,000 viewers and delivered the seven most-watched broadcasts on all of television since the first week of May. |
|
| [via press release from ESPN] |
|
Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Game 7 on ABC and ESPN+ is Most-Watched NBA Finals Game in Six Years
Average Audience: 16,353,000 Million Viewers; Peak Audience: 19,281,000 Million Viewers
Viewership for 2025 NBA Playoffs Across ESPN and ABC Up 10 Percent from Last Year
ABC's presentation of the Oklahoma City Thunder's Game 7 Championship victory over the Indiana Pacers is the most-watched NBA Finals game in six years, since 2019, according to preliminary data from Nielsen. The winner-take-all Game 7 averaged 16,353,000 viewers and peaked with 19,281,000 viewers from 9:45-10 p.m. ET across ABC and ESPN+.
The seven-game series averaged 10,266,000 viewers and delivered the seven most-watched broadcasts on all of television since the first week of May. The audience for the 2025 NBA Playoffs across ESPN and ABC - 34 games - averaged 6,118,000 viewers, up 10 percent from 2024.
The final viewership from Nielsen will be available on Tuesday, June 24. ESPN and ABC's coverage of the NBA continues Wednesday, June 25 and Thursday, June 26, with the 2025 NBA Draft Presented by State Farm. For coverage details, please visit ESPNPressRoom.com.
-30-
|
|
|
 [june 2025]  |
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
[10/16/26 - 02:30 PM] Brewers Triumph on FS1 Delivers Most-Watched LCS Game 3 Telecast Since 2016 On FS1, Game 3 averaged 6,460,000 viewers.
|
[10/16/26 - 11:45 AM] "Dancing with the Stars" Scores with Show's "Super Bowl Night" In fact, among Adults 18-49, "Dancing with the Stars" grew for the fourth telecast in a row, hitting a season high and posting the show's best non-finale episode in over nine years.
|
[10/16/26 - 10:42 AM] ABC News Wins Across Friday Night, Sunday Morning and Late Night "20/20: Born to Kill" ranked as Friday's No.1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49.
|
[10/15/26 - 02:55 PM] Super Bowl Season Success: Bills-Rams Thriller Propels "Monday Night Football" to Best Five-Week Start of ESPN Era The matchup featuring the NFL's two most recent MVPs averaged 19.8 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, NFL Network and ESPN Deportes.
|
[10/15/26 - 02:46 PM] NLCS Game 2 on FOX/FS1: Most-Watched LCS Game 2 on Any Network Since 2016 On FOX/FS1, the game averaged 6,921,000 viewers.
|
[10/15/26 - 02:35 PM] NHL on Frozen Frenzy on ESPN Delivers Double-Digit Increases The tripleheader averaged 600,000 viewers, up 31% from a year ago.
|
[10/15/26 - 10:29 AM] ESPN Delivered Its Most-Watched WNBA Playoffs Ever! Across eight games, ESPN networks averaged 1.4 million viewers, up 23% compared to coverage through the semifinals last year.
|
[10/15/26 - 08:00 AM] CBS Wins Its Premiere Week with Eight of the Top 10 Broadcast Shows and Delivers +9% Year-Over-Year Growth Weekly viewership averaged 4.43 million viewers, growing +9% from its 2025 premiere week (4.08m viewers).
|
[10/14/26 - 04:10 PM] Nebraska Volleyball Serves Up a Big Saturday on FOX Nebraska's 3-0 win averaged 945,000 viewers on FOX.
|
[10/14/26 - 03:50 PM] Indiana's Win Over Nebraska Scores 6,734,000 Viewers on FOX "Big Noon Saturday" peaked at 9,623,000 viewers.
|
[10/14/26 - 03:04 PM] "College GameDay" Continues Record Pace as ESPN College Football Delivers Historic Week 6 Audiences ABC scored its most-watched college football tripleheader of the season with 8.5 million viewers, led by Georgia-Alabama (12.2 million) and Oklahoma-Texas (9.8 million) - both record-setting rivalry audiences.
|
[10/14/26 - 02:50 PM] 26,697,000 Viewers for "America's Game of the Week" Highlight FOX NFL's Week 5 Said coverage was the most watched telecast of the week on any network.
|
[10/14/26 - 02:44 PM] FOX Scores Most-Watched LCS Game 1 on Any Network Since 2005 10,719,000 viewers tuned in Sunday night for NLCS Game 1 on FOX and FOX Deportes.
|
[10/14/26 - 11:31 AM] Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of October 5 "Carrie," "Neagley," "Reacher," "Off Campus," and "Sterling Point" led all original series worldwide.
|
[10/14/26 - 07:29 AM] ESPN Delivers Sixth Straight Year of Television Viewership Growth, Up 10% in Fiscal Year 2026 ESPN and ESPN on ABC each posted 11% year-over-year growth in total viewership, while ESPN2 increased 3%.
|
|
|
|