Friday, November 27, 2020

Tuesday MLS Viewership Hitting Highs

Two MLS Playoff matches on Tuesday, November 24th hit post-pandemic highs for the league. Both games were on ESPN, back to back. The quasi lead-in on FS1 also did... okay.

At 8:00 PM EST Supporters' Shield winner Philadelphia lost to Bruce Arena's New England as 478k watched (a post-pandemic high). Then at 10:30 PM EST Seattle topped LAFC, pulling 457k, good enough for 3rd highest MLS rating since June.

The FS1 match between Toronto and Nashville saw the underdogs pull off a 0-1 win at 6:00 PM drew 240k. It's possible that this somewhat surprising result stirred the MLS faithful and curious onlookers for the ESPN games later in the night.

The strong performance of both put two more MLS events in the top 20 most viewed since things got restarted after COVID shut everything down in March.

US Cable Soccer programs, TOP 30 Since June Restart
Viewers (000)Event/GameNetworkDate
675UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: PSG / BAYERNTUDNAug 23, 20
668PREMIER LEAGUE L: ARSENAL/TOTTENHAMNBCSNJul 12, 20
663LIGA MX SAT 2: AMERICA / GUADALAJARATUDNSep 19, 20
596PREMIER LEAGUE: TOTTENHAM/MAN UNITEDNBCSNOct 4, 20
557PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEICESTER/TOTTENHAMNBCSNJul 19, 20
555PREMIER LEAGUE L: BURNLEY/LIVERPOOLNBCSNJul 11, 20
554PREMIER LEAGUE L: SOUTHAMPTON/CHELSEANBCSNOct 17, 20
550PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/LIVERPOOLNBCSNJul 22, 20
543LIGA MX L: REPETCHAJE: TIGRES / TOLUCATUDNNov 22, 20
494PREMIER LEAGUE L: WEST HAM/ARSENALNBCSNSep 19, 20
487LIGA MX SAT 2: AMERICA / UNAMTUDNOct 3, 20
478MLS REGULAR SEASON: PHIL/NEW ENGLANDESPNNov 24, 20
477PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEEDS/ARSENALNBCSNNov 22, 20
466LIGA MX L: LEON / AMERICATUDNOct 19, 20
464MLS REGULAR SEASON L: ORLANDO/MIAMIESPNJul 8, 20
458LIGA MX SAT 2: AMERICA / TOLUCATUDNSep 12, 20
457MLS REGULAR SEASON      L: SEATTLE/LAFCESPNNov 24, 20
456PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEICESTER/MANCITYNBCSNSep 27, 20
454LIGA MX PT SUN: CRUZ AZUL / AMERICATUDNSep 27, 20
453LIGA MX PLAYOFFS: WC:SANTOS VS PACHUCAFOX DEPNov 21, 20
428PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEICESTER/BOURNEMOUTHNBCSNJul 12, 20
420LIGA MX FRI: FC JUAREZ / AMERICATUDNNov 6, 20
416PREMIER LEAGUE L: NEWCASTLE/TOTTENHAMNBCSNSep 27, 20
414PREMIER LEAGUE L: EVERTON/CRYSTAL PALACENBCSNSep 26, 20
410PREMIER LEAGUE L: LIVERPOOL/EVERTONNBCSNOct 17, 20
404PREMIER LEAGUE L: CHELSEA/BURNLEYNBCSNOct 31, 20
403PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIONBCSNJul 12, 20
402PREMIER LEAGUE L: LIVERPOOL/ASTON VILLANBCSNOct 4, 20
402UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: MAN CITY/LYONNAISTUDNAug 15, 20
401PREMIER LEAGUE L: EVERTON/NEWCASTLENBCSNNov 1, 20

The Premier League (EPL) leads the way with 17 of the top 30 events/shows in the top 30 since the NWSL restarted team sports in late June. This is USA cable viewership only. The source is Showbuzz Daily.

17 : EPL
8 : Liga MX
3 : MLS 
2 : Champions League

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