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"but the Time Warner deal....it will solve everything."
"we don't rebuild, we reload."
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/lake...on-1201136954/Fans have bailed on the Los Angeles Lakers during their miserable 2013-14 season, with local TV ratings down sharply from last year.
Looking at Nielsen’s “Live plus same-day” ratings for the 2013-14 season, the 57 telecasts of Lakers games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet have averaged 199,000 viewers — down a whopping 49% from last year at this time (390,000). The team has been without stars Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash for just about all of the season, and has one of the worst records in basketball at 22-44 this season.
Meanwhile, viewership is also down, but by not nearly as much, for the city’s Clippers, which is a bit surprising since they have had a good season and are headed for the playoffs next month. It could be that the Lakers’ struggles have gotten some fans out of the basketball habit, and contributed to the decline for the Clippers — even if their games don’t regularly appear on the same network.
The Lakers’ ratings decline has swelled in recent weeks as even the most optimistic fan had to know that the team wasn’t headed for the postseason. Four of their last seven losses have come by 20 points or more and the three most recent Lakers games have averaged a meager 72,000 viewers; a year ago, games on the comparable dates averaged 586,000, or more than eight times as much.
Time Warner Cable Sports Network is in its second year of a 25-year, $5-billion deal as the local television carrier of the Lakers.
The Clippers, who lead the NBA’s Pacific Division, have averaged 96,000 viewers for their first 59 telecasts of the season on longtime carrier Prime Ticket — down 21% from 121,000 at this time a year ago. Their three most recent games have averaged 106,000.
This is believed to be the closest the Clippers have come to the Lakers in television ratings since the 1999-2000 season. And despite the declines, and remaining well behind the Lakers in popularity, the Clippers are still having one of their most-watched seasons to date
"but the Time Warner deal....it will solve everything."
"we don't rebuild, we reload."
6 trumps it.
Not tonight.
Extremely surprising
At home, Dale?
lmemulatedao!!!
Probably why they promised Dwight a tv show.
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if I were running TWC, i'd try to do some voodoo on Jerry's grave, might be the only way for this contract to work.
$250 mil + NBA revenue. Must be good to be the Lakers.
Second year of the TWC contract and the Lakers are already reduced to shamelessly tanking
Fredo
I'm ing telling ya.
Its the curse
Never seen a franchise fall so quick. Dwight's departure was a huge blow.
How does it compare to the contending Spurs' ratings?
They pay him $ 48 mil and yet the piano dude quit.Second year of the TWC contract and the Lakers are already reduced to shamelessly tanking
tbh despite the shameless tanking, they're still beating your boys CN.
I think the Spurs top the ratings.
Revenue, now that's another issue.
well no , god damn OP is a re .
We're just scolding Jim Buss so he loses power and someone else runs the Lakers tbh.
some armenian dude, Avo, called max and marcellus a couple of days ago and guaranteed kobe would win #6 within 2 years
wondering if thats ur cousin or somethin. not one of mine, tbh
Dude Im actually Italian tbhsome armenian dude, Avo, called max and marcellus a couple of days ago and guaranteed kobe would win #6 within 2 years
wondering if thats ur cousin or somethin. not one of mine, tbh
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