averaged a 5.7 rating and 11.12 million viewers. NBA All-Star Game The NBA All-Star Game was on broadcast networks until 2002, TNT began airing the All-Star Game in 2003 which featured the last appearance of Michael Jordan in the event, TBS started simulcasting the game since 2015. Regional and Canadian broadcasters NBA games not televised by its national partners are instead broadcast by local broadcast stations and regional sports networks, televising their respective local team within their respective region. Regionally broadcast games are subject to blackouts, and those games from outside of a viewer's designated market are blacked out to protect the local team. Certain national telecasts on ESPN, NBA TV and TNT, such as selected regular season matches and first round playoff games, are non-exclusive, and may also air in tandem with telecasts of the game by local broadcasters. However, national telecasts of these games are blacked out in the participating teams' markets to protect the local broadcaster. As the only team in Canada, the rights to the Toronto Raptors are a special case. Raptors games are split between the national Canadian networks Sportsnet and TSN. The two networks may also simulcast ESPN, NBA TV and TNT televised games, including postseason contests. But all of these U.S. national feeds have been treated as non-exclusive in Canada if they involve the Raptors, inducing the 2019 NBA Finals, allowing the Raptors regional telecast to air in tandem with the U.S. national broadcast. Most NBA regional broadcasters are members of national chains: See also NBA TV NBA TV Canada NBA TV Philippines NBA League Pass List of current National Basketball Association broadcasters Major League Baseball on television Major League Soccer on television National Football League on television National Hockey League on television References External links NBA on Christmas Day numbers game NBA All-Star Game TV rating and viewership Most watched NBA games on cable networks Most watched NBA games since 1998 Turner Sports ESPN ABC Sports CBS Sports Basketball on NBC USA Network Sports GMA Network Solar Entertainment Corporation Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation Radio Philippines Network ABS-CBN TV5 (Philippine TV network) The Sports Network Sportsnet CTV Sports Sky Sports