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America wanted to "Witness" Tony Soprano get whacked. Pity.
Game 2 of the NBA finals lost nearly one-third of its television audience from last year.
The San Antonio Spurs' lopsided victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, pitted against the series finale of "The Sopranos," drew a 5.6 national rating and a 10 share on ABC on Sunday night. That's down 30 percent from the 8.0/14 received by the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat in 2006.
The ratings for Game 1 fell 19 percent from last year.
Ratings increased from Game 1 to Game 2 in 2006, but they declined this season.
The rating is the percentage watching a telecast among all homes with televisions, and the share is the percentage tuned in to a broadcast among those households with televisions on at the time. A ratings point represents 1,114,000 households.
"The Sopranos" finale was watched by an estimated 11.9 million people on HBO, which is available in about 30 million homes. Game 2 was watched by approximately 8.6 million viewers on ABC, which is available in about 111 million households.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playof...ory?id=2902227
America wanted to "Witness" Tony Soprano get whacked. Pity.
I've honestly stopped concerning myself about Finals ratings. It has no bearing on the validity of a championship (for either team involved) and is frequently driven significantly by: (1) poor coverage by the network; and (2) the media-fed belief taht the teams involved aren't worth watching. In any event, the series, whether widely-watched or not, crowns a team as a champion, and that le is not one that is diminished by poor television ratings.
I DVRed the Sopranos and watched it AFTER the game was over. Except for Phil Leo o getting his head crushed by the SUV, the series finale sucked...lamest ending ever...
i loved the sound effects though on that..
...and all the bruthas puking...
Why should anyone but advertisers and network higher ups give a about the ratings? Why is this even being posted ina sports forum? Why should any sports fan give a about the ratings? Seriously.
What about the reaction from the small guy with a limp....and all the bruthas puking...
I thought the ending was quite fitting, they just went on with their lives.
only an 11 share for the Sopranos, thats really not that much either.
When you consider that most homes don't have HBO, that's huge.
Sopranos got about one in every three of their subscribers watching, that's not bad at all...
ABC is free and available to damn near everyone..
And we should care because....?
Game 2 viewers in the U.S.: 8 million
Game 2 viewers outside the U.S.: over 100 million, probably a record
Damn Pistons fan! It's your fault for not showing up! lol
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