Stanley Cup & NBA Finals Average Record Low Viewership Across 5-Game Series
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deadline.comIt’s a tough time for live sports. Both the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals ended this week with historically low viewership across each five-game series.
On Tuesday night, the Vegas Golden Knights took home the Stanley Cup in Game 5 of the NHL Finals, winning a fourth match against the Florida Panthers.
That game drew 2.72M viewers across TNT and TruTV, which marks the lowest audience for a Game 5 of the Cup Final in 29 years, since the Canucks-Rangers Game 5 drew 2.41M viewers on ESPN in 1994.
Overall, the five-game series averaged 2.6M viewers, which was down 43% from last year’s six-game Avalanche-Lightning series on ABC.
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