Per ESPN, TV viewership ratings for the 2022 NBA Draft on Thursday, June 23 were up 33 percent from last year, according to Nielsen. The first round across ABC and ESPN averaged nearly four million TV viewers (3,988,000), up 32 percent from last year’s NBA Draft first round, which also aired on ABC and ESPN.
Overall, the 2022 NBA Draft averaged 3,047,000 viewers for both rounds (round two aired on ESPN only). The first round of the NBA Draft across ABC and ESPN was the most-watched program for June 23 across all of television and in all key demos. The event peaked with 4,500,000 viewers at 8:15 p.m. ET.
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