Doris Burke brought up small markets and ratings talk on NBA Finals broadcast
"We heard an awful lot about small markets, Mike, ratings, etc. This has been an absolute privilege of a series to be involved with."
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Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci used a bad 0.0 reference to claim the seventh-biggest-market Astros aren’t a big-market team
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the U.S. and the seventh-largest media market, and the Astros have MLB's sixth-highest payroll and won the 2017 World Series, but they're an "upstart superpower," all right.
With low U.S. market sizes and no LeBron, the NBA conference final matchups look pretty grim for TNT and ESPN
Last year's Golden State-Houston and Boston-Cleveland matchups paid big dividends for ESPN and TNT, but this year's Milwaukee-Toronto and Golden State-Portland matchups look weaker for U.S. TV.
This could be the first NBA playoffs since 1960 without New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, which might pose ratings issues
There are plenty of ratings concerns ahead of the NBA playoffs, especially around the absence of all three of the biggest TV markets.
Ryen Russillo is “so sick of watching the average-as-hell New York Giants” in primetime
"I'm so sick of the New York Giants. I can't stand watching you. I hate it. It is very personal."
