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The third and fourth episodes of The Last Dance, the documentary series on Michael Jordan’s epic Chicago Bulls from the turn of the last century, attracted an average of 5.9 million viewers on Sunday, almost as many as the first two, ESPN reported Monday.
“The number of viewers reaches a record, with an average of 6 million viewers in four episodes”, which welcomes the sports channel that produces and broadcasts the series.
The previous benchmark audience for an original show hosted by ESPN dates back to 2012 with You don’t know bo, about the former American baseball and fooball player Bo jackson, which had gathered 3.6 million viewers.
In detail, episode 3 of The Last Dance (“The Last Dance”) drew an average of 6.1 million viewers on ESPN and ESPN2, and Episode 4 at 5.7 million.
The week before, the first two episodes had drawn 6.3 and 5.8 million viewers, respectively.
If the documentary delights the generation that remembers with emotion the years of glory of the Bulls, winners of six titles The NBA in the 1990s also attracts youngsters who were not born in Jordan’s day or who were too young and who discover the exploits of the greatest basketball player of all time.
The first four episodes of The Last Dance they are among the six most watched adult television shows in between 18 and 34 years, since six weeks since sports competitions were suspended due to coronavirus.
The Last Dance takes Jordan’s hectic last season (1997-1998) as the starting point for the Bulls, culminating in the Chicago crowns’ sixth coronation in eight years.
Episodes 5 and 6 will air Sunday on ESPN in the United States and the next day on Netflix to the rest of the world.
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