Most of Colorado won't be able to see the defending NBA champions denver nuggets. However, the rest of America enjoys this show. NBA insider/analyst Ethan Strauss took a deep dive into viewership data in a recent post. his substack.
He looked at ratings for televised games on ESPN and TNT and found that there was plenty of room on American television for small-market, non-NFL champions.The Nuggets are the only team with a record 4 games with over 2 million viewers on these two networks. last seasonAccording to , the NBA averaged 1.59 million viewers per nationally televised game. Sports media watch data.
The 2023 NBA Playoffs are the highest-rated in five years. Despite great performances in both conference finals, there was reason for concern in the NBA's premier event. boston celtics and Los Angeles Lakers I couldn't move forward. The 2023 NBA Finals averaged 11.64 million viewers, slightly less than the 2022 series between the Celtics and Celtics. golden state warriors — 12.4 million.
Comcast is Colorado's largest cable television service provider. The Nuggets play on the Altitude Sports Network. It is the property of team owner Kroenke Sports and Entertainment. colorado avalancheand the family patriarch Stan is Los Angeles Rams.comcast Altitude was removed from service in 2019, and the two sides have still not been able to negotiate a truce that would allow the home fan base to watch the team. Despite having a highly entertaining broadcast team of Chris Marlowe, Christopher Dempsey, Scott Hastings, and Katie Winge cut off from most of their home market, the „small market“ Nuggets are the NBA's most It became one of the popular teams.
Market size does not necessarily dictate interest. Lakers, dallas cowboysand new york yankees will always reign supreme, but that doesn't mean fans only have enough bandwidth to care about these three franchises.I saw a lot orlando magic 90's Chicago area Penny Hardaway jersey. within 7 seconds phoenix suns It was one of the most polarizing teams in NBA history.
Exciting players and teams always attract attention. Nikola Jokic's ridiculously high arc shots, followed by his 27-foot 3-pointer to Jamal Murai and alley-oop pass to Aaron Gordon drew a lot of attention on TV. The Nuggets have been interesting since the 2020 playoffs, but it took a while for the public to warm up to them.
Their rise was put on ice for several years due to Murray's ACL injury in 2021. Even though Jokic won back-to-back MVP awards, the team won one playoff game from the 2021 semifinals to the 2022 first round without its star guard. During the 2023 playoffs, the sports world got to see the Nuggets' full-on attack on Kevin Durant and LeBron James. With just over a month until the postseason, Jokic & Co. enters the postseason as one of the most-watched programs on television.
A little exposure can go a long way. With the Nuggets defending the NBA championship, 30 games were scheduled to be nationally televised in the 2023-24 season (22 games excluding NBATV telecasts). That's still 10 fewer players than the Lakers and 11 fewer than the Warriors. However, Champion has the best cable TV viewership.
Unfortunately for Nuggets home fans, greed has kept them from watching the defending championship season. As for the rest of the country, people liked what they saw late last spring and are ready for more.