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Live telecasts of PBA Playoffs drew 576,000 average viewers Saturday, 662,000 Sunday

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 5:00 pm
Live telecasts of PBA Playoffs drew 576,000 average viewers Saturday, 662,000 Sunday
The "studio" with PBA Tour champions Jason Belmonte and Kyle Troup added as analysts was part of the PBA Playoffs Final Four. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
With no real history to go on, it was hard to guess what kind of viewership the inaugural PBA Playoffs Final Four shows would draw. After all, when was the last time there was live network (not cable) PBA bowling on during the summer (June-August is meteorological summer)? And this was the first PBA Playoffs Final Four, with the prior rounds of the inaugural playoffs on FS1 on Monday nights, so there was no “appointment TV” factor. Plus, TV viewership generally is less in the...