'The Last Dance' scores viewership records for ESPN

Posted Apr 22, 2020
Michael Jordan hasn't played basketball in nearly 20 years, but he's still scoring big ratings for ESPN. The premiere of "The Last Dance," the network's highly anticipated docuseries about Jordan and the Chicago Bulls NBA dynasty, averaged 6.1 million viewers on Sunday night. That makes "The Last Dance" the most-viewed ESPN documentary ever. (CNN)

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