Nielsen Top 10 Local NBA Ratings

[Yorae]

Sorry for the screwy formatting

RANK TEAM 2008-09 HH RATING 2007-08 HH RATING % CHANGE
1 Cleveland 8.1 3.7 119%
2 San Antonio 7.9 6.8 16%
3 Portland 5.6 4.4 27%
4 Utah 5.6 6.3 -11%
5 L.A. Lakers 4.7 4.2 12%
6 Boston 4.0 3.6 11%
7 Detroit 3.8 5.6 -32%
8 Phoenix 3.8 5.0 -24%
9 Houston 2.6 2.5 4%
10 Chicago 2.6 2.5 4%

The San Antonio Spurs, who boasted the NBA’s top-rated local market last season through as recently as the first month of this season, still showed an 18% year-to-year increase in its local ratings. On average, 7.9% of TV households in the San Antonio market have tuned in to see Tim Duncan & Co. each game, compared to 6.7% over the same time period last year.

link: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/lebron-cavs-top-local-nba-ratings/

[Galileo]

Sorry for the screwy formatting

RANK TEAM 2008-09 HH RATING 2007-08 HH RATING % CHANGE
1 Cleveland 8.1 3.7 119%
2 San Antonio 7.9 6.8 16%
3 Portland 5.6 4.4 27%
4 Utah 5.6 6.3 -11%
5 L.A. Lakers 4.7 4.2 12%
6 Boston 4.0 3.6 11%
7 Detroit 3.8 5.6 -32%
8 Phoenix 3.8 5.0 -24%
9 Houston 2.6 2.5 4%
10 Chicago 2.6 2.5 4%

The San Antonio Spurs, who boasted the NBA’s top-rated local market last season through as recently as the first month of this season, still showed an 18% year-to-year increase in its local ratings. On average, 7.9% of TV households in the San Antonio market have tuned in to see Tim Duncan & Co. each game, compared to 6.7% over the same time period last year.

link: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/lebron-cavs-top-local-nba-ratings/

Good research!

This proves once again that the Spurs are a very popular entertaining team.

The fact is, the mass media and David Stern make a deliberate attempt to promote other, lesser teams than the Spurs.

[m33p0]

do you have the actual total numbers?

it's no surprise to see the spurs near the top since they're the only "show" in town and that they are successful. same goes for cleveland, portland and utah, all of whom are "small" market teams.

what is surprising are phoenix and detroit. do they still watch those trainwrecks?