ManInShowerNumber3 t1_j8kd5uz wrote on February 14, 2023 at 11:04 PM

Reply to comment by WeDriftEternal in Report: NBC Is Preparing To Win Back The NBA by bluenowait

What the NBA does great, relative to regular broadcast television, is LIVE ratings. So yeah, ABC averages “only” 3+ mil on their Saturday game but they know they’re mostly getting live viewers. I bet NBC would love to have that on a Saturday afternoon or Sunday afternoon/night.

WeDriftEternal t1_j8kqz98 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 12:47 AM

Depends what packages are offered. Especially if NBC is still doing CFB, saturdays get weird for half the year. Its not bad, but a few weekend games is a pretty awkward package compared to RSNs and TNT

humphrey_the_camel t1_j8kv2bq wrote on February 15, 2023 at 1:19 AM

There were only 6 Saturdays between the start of the 2022-23 NBA season and the end of the CFB regular season, so I don’t see that as an impediment (also ABC/ESPN currently has this problem and they seem to be managing it fine).

redavid t1_j8l6348 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 2:46 AM

NBC really only does Notre Dame football and most of the college football season is over before the NBA even starts and certainly over by the time people start caring about watching NBA basketball.

i would expect that they’d put a fair amount of games on USA during the week, too, if they’re bidding against TNT here