Victor Wembanyama has not yet stepped on the NBA floors, but he already has a first record in the bag. Driven by the frenzy around the new San Antonio Spurs player, the 2023 draft recorded the largest audience in its history on Thursday evening in the United States. Broadcast on ESPN and ABC, the event was followed by an average of 4.9 million viewers, peaking at more than 6 million viewers during the first 15 minutes, when the French phenomenon was chosen first.
The most watched program of the evening in the United States, the 2023 Draft saw its audience increase by 23% compared to 2022, for the two rounds on ESPN, with 3.7 million viewers on average. For comparison, the audience of the first round is 33% higher than that of the famous 2003 draft, that of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony.
2023-06-24 09:00:09
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