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This decline isn't isolated to late night. Uncle Casey draws parallels with the NBA's leadership change in 2014, when David Stern stepped down after three decades, leaving a league that enjoyed massive viewership—averaging over 3.6 million viewers on ABC, TNT, and ESPN—to a less successful era under Adam Silver. Today, NBA ratings have plummeted, and issues such as the All-Star Game embarrassments and league controversies mirror the decayed state of late night TV.