The 2025 NBA Playoffs were a massive hit during the opening weekend of its eight series in the Eastern and Western Conferences. This eight-game schedule on Saturday and Easter Sunday averaged 4.4 million viewers, up 17 percent compared to last season.
Viewership numbers could not be better for the NBA to start the playoffs, as this was the most-watched NBA Playoffs opening weekend in the last 25 years, the league announced on Tuesday.
All of these games were spread out on ESPN and TNT, with both networks setting new viewership records for the opening weekend of the playoffs. While ESPN averaged 4.9 million viewers for their six-game schedule, the most in network history, TNT averaged 4.13 million viewers for their two games. This was TNT’s most-watched NBA Playoffs opening weekend in eight years.