No, each country's ratings are separate, which is why the NBA's drop is so significant. The 2019 NBA Finals had a Canadian team, meaning half of the ratings weren't even counted, yet this year's Finals still saw 60+% drops.
Ok, interesting.. Since you seem knowledgeable, can you help reconcile this? "Game 5 delivered the series’ largest audience yet — 5.7 million total viewers"
Does Nielsen count Chinese audience??
edit: looks like they do https://www.nielsentam.tv/where2/whereweare.asp
No, each country's ratings are separate, which is why the NBA's drop is so significant. The 2019 NBA Finals had a Canadian team, meaning half of the ratings weren't even counted, yet this year's Finals still saw 60+% drops.
Ok, interesting.. Since you seem knowledgeable, can you help reconcile this? "Game 5 delivered the series’ largest audience yet — 5.7 million total viewers"
https://tvline.com/2020/10/10/tv-ratings-nba-finals-game-5-heat-lakers/
When, actually, that appears to be the smallest audience.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals#cite_ref-51
They're talking about this particular playoff series.
Yes but even in this series, 5.7 million would be the series' smallest audience.
Game 3 was the previous low mark, with 5.94 million viewers