Sopranos Whack NBA PlayoffsThough the ratings for Sunday night's finale episode of the Sopranos was not readily available at press time, ratings for the NBA Playoffs were and results suggest a Sopranos whacking.
The San Antonio Spurs’ 103-92 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night drew a 6.9 overnight rating on ABC, down 24 percent from last year’s 9.1 for Game 2 between the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat. Ratings for “The Sopranos” finale on HBO were not immediately available.
Overnight ratings measure the 55 largest television markets in the United States, and each overnight rating point represents about 735,000 households.
National ratings were expected Tuesday.
The ratings for Game 2 were better than Game 1. The opener of the Spurs-Cavaliers series, drew a 6.3 overnight rating. It was the worst-rated opening-game of the NBA Finals in prime time.
Sopranos related website traffic at Gambling911.com proved to be the largest spoke in the site's nearly 7 year existence. Much of the traffic generated immediately followed the finale. The unprecedented traffic surge sent shock waves through bandwidth pipes in Western Canada where the Gambling911.com is hosted.
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Gambling911.com News Wire
Originally published June 11, 2007 10:15 pm ET
