NBA Finals Game 7 - Cavaliers vs Warriors
Nielsen average audience: 31,020,000 viewers (final), per Wikipedia.
- Aired
- 2016-06-19 Sunday
- Networks
- ABC
31,020,000
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
20,860,000
2015-06-14 · ABC · Nielsen, final · Wikipedia
+48.7% 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
#3 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 20:39 UTC
NBA Finals Game 7, every year on record
This telecast: #1 of 4 Game 7 telecasts in the Before Out-of-Home era
6 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC
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