Basketball fans stuck at home with no sports to watch begged ESPN to move up the release window for its 10-part documentary series “The Last Dance,” and the decision to push up the release to Sunday night turned out to be a very wise decision. With absolutely no competition on TV, “The Last Dance” posted an incredible rating on night 1 – and the series should only get better as it progresses.
ESPN announced on Monday that “The Last Dance” is already the most-watched documentary in the company’s history, with an average of 6.1 million viewers for the first two episodes on Sunday night.
Via ESPN:
“The Last Dance” averaged 6.1 million viewers for episodes 1 and 2 across ESPN & ESPN2 from 9-11 p.m. ET. Of those 6.1 million, 3.5 million were in the 18-49 demo. Episode 1 (9-10 p.m.) averaged 6.3 million viewers and episode 2 (10-11 p.m.) averaged 5.8 million viewers.
“The Last Dance” will continue each Sunday night through May 17th, with two episodes airing each week.
