Knicks’ Championship Run Sparks NBA Finals Viewership Boom Not Seen Since 1998
The Knicks’ historic title run delivered the NBA Finals’ strongest audience in decades, with Game 5 averaging 24.5 million viewers on ABC/ESPN and peaking at 33 million as New York clinched its first title in 53 years; the five-game series averaged 20.6 million viewers, marking the largest Finals audience of the day across all key male and adult demos.