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Humbugged: NBA Christmas Day Ratings Tank ‘Massively’
Breitbart ^ | December 25 2020 | DYLAN GWINN

Posted on 12/27/2020 2:08:52 AM PST by knighthawk

The NBA put its best and shiniest presents under the tree of the American television viewer on Christmas Day and America said, no thanks.

The NBA, which uses Christmas Day to showcase their best games and talent to jumpstart their season, had their gifts returned by viewers who were less than enthused.

According to DEADLINE Hollywood:

The National Basketball Association’s day-long celebration of sports led the demos, scoring a 1.1 and 3.74 million total audience for its hours-long programming for ABC and ESPN. That’s the good news – the bad news is that’s down massively from past performances. In a season where the NBA is trying to lure back fans who were turned off by last season’s overt politics and the less-stimulating bubble version of the sport, it shows there’s a lot of ground to make up.

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KEYWORDS: basketball; nba; ratings; sports
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1 posted on 12/27/2020 2:08:52 AM PST by knighthawk
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National Bank Association?


2 posted on 12/27/2020 2:12:00 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: knighthawk
Please share with others:


3 posted on 12/27/2020 2:12:52 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Racist multimillionaires who got rich playing a kids game.


4 posted on 12/27/2020 2:16:18 AM PST by AC86UT89
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To: SaveFerris

Oh but I breathlessly await the latest pearls of wisdom from illiterate basketball players. Only then do I cherish my very existence.


5 posted on 12/27/2020 2:17:02 AM PST by Enterprise
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I think if a new network popped up, and started playing NBA games from 1974 (for the whole season)...they’d out-rank the present NBA games.


6 posted on 12/27/2020 2:18:20 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: knighthawk

My hope is that the NBA, NFL and MLB all go bye-bye. New leagues will arise from their ashes.


7 posted on 12/27/2020 2:24:31 AM PST by stockpirate (A people unwilling to use extreme violence to obtain or preserve their liberty deserve the tyrants t)
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To: pepsionice
I think if a new network popped up, and started playing NBA games from 1974 (for the whole season)...they’d out-rank the present NBA games.

In the past few months I have enjoyed some vintage NFL and NCAAF. 70s or 80s NBA? That could be tempting.

8 posted on 12/27/2020 2:26:13 AM PST by jimfree (My 20 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quiality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: Enterprise

Yes, who could live without their wisdom?

Or the Hollywood Lefties’ wisdom?


9 posted on 12/27/2020 2:28:13 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: knighthawk

Ever since I retired, I’ve found I have very little time for t.v. Walking the dog, futzing around in the garage, working on a puzzle, bowling, experimenting with new food recipes, sex. We’re watching less and less t.v. Big Sports can go suck an egg. Once you starting kneeling to my flag, you can KMHWA.


10 posted on 12/27/2020 2:38:02 AM PST by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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Think of the entire 1972-73 New York Knicks season being telecast nightly, or the 1977-78 Portland Trailblazers. You’d start to sell Wally Walker jerseys.


11 posted on 12/27/2020 2:42:46 AM PST by pepsionice
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Make the court longer, push back the 3 point arc, allow for more contact and possibly raise the hoop.


12 posted on 12/27/2020 2:43:25 AM PST by LukeL
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To: pepsionice
I think if a new network popped up, and started playing NBA games from 1974 (for the whole season)...they’d out-rank the present NBA games.

In the past few months I have enjoyed some vintage NFL and NCAAF. 70s or 80s NBA? That could be tempting.

13 posted on 12/27/2020 2:46:31 AM PST by jimfree (My 20 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quiality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: knighthawk
The NBA, which uses Christmas Day to showcase their best games

And not Kwansa? That is so racist! Can't believe they are still using the white cracker holiday.

14 posted on 12/27/2020 2:55:06 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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If it werent for the American people a majority of them white these guys would be back playing b ball in the hood, no thanks, bite the hand that feeds you? go to china


15 posted on 12/27/2020 2:59:27 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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There was basket ball on Christmas.

Who knew?


16 posted on 12/27/2020 3:00:08 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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I moved past watching grown men showboating with a ball like a bunch of middleschoolers a long, long time ago.


17 posted on 12/27/2020 3:25:38 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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The NBA rips off it’s fans so bad that they can’t even afford to shop at Walmart. They have to raid and loot the joint instead.


18 posted on 12/27/2020 3:28:40 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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Schadenfreude....
19 posted on 12/27/2020 3:39:43 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: SaveFerris

“Thank God for actors - they know everything” - Homer Simpson


20 posted on 12/27/2020 3:50:29 AM PST by newfreep (The Communist/DNC VOTER FRAUD is Trump's ONLY opponent in 2020 election.)
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