According to ABC's preliminary estimates, its broadcast of Game 5 was the most-watched of the series so far.
Final figures for the live baseball game were not immediately available on Friday, but Nielsen's preliminary estimates show the broadcast attracted slightly fewer viewers than Wednesday's opening game, which garnered 15 million viewers.
Final audience figures for the game were not immediately available, but Nielsen's preliminary estimates for the broadcast were considerably below those for last year's first game between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies, which drew 19.5 million viewers, and closer to Fox's Game 1 ratings in 2008 (14.6 million), when the Phillies played the Tampa Bay Rays.
Cameron-Pace conducted preliminary tests for the broadcast at its Burbank facility when the Mariinsky was touring California in 2012.
Although final figures will not be available until Monday, Nielsen's preliminary estimates show that the broadcast drew higher ratings than any other program on the night by a wide margin.
Preliminary overnight numbers for the broadcast were the highest for any N.B.A. Finals game on any network since 1998.
Although final audience figures were not immediately available, Nielsen's preliminary overnight estimates for the broadcast were virtually identical to those for "Sunday Night Football" on Dec. 19, when 24.2 million viewers tuned in.
Although Nielsen's final results were not immediately available on Friday, preliminary numbers showed Game 4, broadcast on ABC, drew slightly better ratings than Game 3 on Tuesday, which was watched by nearly 16 million people.
Final audience figures for Fox's coverage were not immediately available on Wednesday, but preliminary overnight estimates for the broadcast were the lowest ever for the All-Star Game and down 13 percent compared with last year, when it attracted 12.1 million viewers.
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