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Volume 27 No. 56
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Virtual NBA Draft Draws ESPN's Lowest Audience In Over A Decade

By Austin Karp
November 20, 2020
The NBA Draft on Wednesday night averaged 2.65 million viewers across ESPN and ESPNU, marking the event’s lowest figure since June ‘09 (2.64 million just on ESPN). The shift of the Draft to November played a part in the drop from previous years, as did the event going virtual vs. in-per...
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