The Zion Effect
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Zion Williamson, the basketball prodigy and coveted player in last year’s NBA Draft, made his long-awaited debut last week against the Spurs. The game, the second leg of ESPN’s Wednesday night doubleheader, averaged 795k OOH viewers and peaked at 9:58 PM with 1.07MM OOH viewers – the second most-watched game of the season among OOH viewers, only behind the opening night matchup between the Lakers and Clippers. The game beforehand between 76ers and Raptors, although a good matchup and an earlier time slot, only averaged an OOH audience of 303k. The people want Zion.