TNT is happy to be the exclusive home of the 2018 Western Conference Finals after the Warriors & Rockets set a new record for any game one in the history of the network.
The game, which saw the Warriors win 119-106, averaged 8.8 million viewers, easily setting the record for TNT and it was the most viewed game one of the WCF on any network since the Lakers-Kings series of 2002, which was on NBC.
The network’s Warriors/Rockets telecast – peaking with an average of 10 million viewers from 10:45-11 p.m. ET – is up 38% over TNT’s presentation of the 2017 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 (Cleveland/Boston, 6.4 million viewers) and 9% when compared with last year’s WCF Game 1 (Warriors/Spurs, 8.1 million viewers).
Last night’s WCF Game 1 telecast was the #1 program of the night across all of television (cable and broadcast) and, including the iconic Inside the NBA post-game show (3.0 overnight rating), delivered the top two programs of the night across all of cable television, based on metered markets.
So much for all the “Kevin Durant ruined the NBA”. These numbers don’t lie.
Written by @IamJoeSports
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