NBA Finals Game 4 - Cavaliers vs Warriors
Nielsen average audience: 16,240,000 viewers (final), per Wikipedia.
- Aired
- 2018-06-08 Friday
- Networks
- ABC
16,240,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-22
Published figures
JSON1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
Prior-season comparable
19,010,000
2017-06-09 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Wikipedia
−14.6% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
NBA Finals by year
1993–2026Record
35.9M 1998
This telecast
#67 of 130 Before Out-of-Home
Years on record
31 1993–2026
Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
- Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
- Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
- Big Data + Panelsince Sept 2025
171 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 22:05 UTC
NBA Finals Game 4, every year on record
This telecast: #13 of 23 Game 4 telecasts in the Before Out-of-Home era
Big Data + Panel
- 2026ABC20,940,000
Panel + Out-of-Home
23 earlier Game 4 telecasts
Before Out-of-Home
- 2019ABC13,160,000
- 2018ABC16,240,000
- 2017ABC19,010,000
- 2016ABC16,570,000
- 2015ABC19,840,000
- 2014ABC14,960,000
- 2013ABC16,230,000
- 2012ABC17,500,000
- 2011ABC16,130,000
- 2010ABC16,370,000
- 2009ABC15,960,000
- 2008ABC13,760,000
- 2007ABC9,910,000
- 2006ABC11,560,000
- 2005ABC10,920,000
- 2004ABC20,300,000
- 2003ABC9,660,000
- 2002NBC16,560,000
- 2001NBC19,970,000
- 2000NBC18,940,000
- 1999NBC16,760,000
- 1998NBC28,790,000
- 1997NBC26,360,000
30 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 22:05 UTC
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