Turner Network Television’s 52-game regular-season National Basketball Association package posted a 1.4 rating, up 17% from the network’s 1.2 average for 54 games during the 2002-03 season.
The network said it also posted double-digit growth across all key demographics and in overall household reach.
“It is gratifying, that on the toughest night in television, fans continue to support TNT as the home of the NBA on Thursday night,” Turner Sports president David Levy said in a prepared statement.