Wednesday, September 22, 2021

TV Soccer Viewership: Sep 14-20

A busy week of soccer on TV last week as we have multiple tournaments going at the same time. In Europe, the Champions League joins a busy EPL schedule (and a Ligue 1 match) - while in the US, it is the regional Champions league along with the exhibition "Leagues Cup" to go along with MLS and Liga MX regular-season games.

NOTES

• It's hard not to call out MLS for poor numbers on both FS1 and ESPN. The start of both College Football and the NFL has completely flattened viewership. Last week, two MLS games didn't land in the top 150 cable shows on the date they aired on FS1 and ESPN's game pulled a shockingly low 115k on Sunday - the 3rd lowest number since the beginning of last year.

• The USWNT game against Paraguay didn't generate a whole lot of interest. US Soccer wants to get this team out there as much as possible, but perhaps sometimes it's better to wait till something more competitive/meaningful comes along. There's a "Team USA" vibe to how they are being treated and I think that hurts any attempts to create a stable league system.

• Over on broadcast TV (not listed below), there was just one game. The NBC matchup between Everton and Aston Villa pulled a strong 631k against heavy Sunday afternoon NFL action.

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US Cable Viewership: Soccer Programs Sep 14-20
Viewers (000)Event/GameNetworkDate
578PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIONBCSN9/19
572PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANUNITED/WEST HAMNBCSN9/19
379LIGA MX SAT: TOLUCA / AMERICATUDN9/18
356PREMIER LEAGUE L: ARSENAL/BURNLEYNBCSN9/18
295PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIONBCSN9/18
292USA SOCCER WOMEN  L: PARAGUAY/USAESPN29/16
260UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE TUE 2: BARCA VS BAYERNTUDN9/14
253CONCACAF CHAMPIONS L: PHIL / AMERICATUDN9/15
246LIGA MX: MONTERREY VS TIGRESFOX DEP9/19
232UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: BRUGGE VS PSGTUDN9/15
216CONCACAF CHAMPIONS: CRUZ AZUL/MONTERREYTUDN9/16
212PREMIER LEAGUE L: BRENTFORD/WOLVESNBCSN9/18
202PREMIER LEAGUE L: SOUTHAMPTON/MAN CITYUSA9/18
201LEAGUES CUP L: LE?N VS. PUMAS UNAMTUDN9/15
177LEAGUES CUP L: SEATTLE VS. SANTOS LAGUNATUDN9/14
176LIGA MX L: LEON / FC JUAREZTUDN9/18
174LIGA MX L: NECAXA / ATLASTUDN9/17
167PREMIER LEAGUE L: LEEDS/NEWCASTLENBCSN9/17
158LIGA MX SAT 2: MAZATLAN / UNAMTUDN9/18
153MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER L: PORTLAND/LAFCFS19/19
144UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE: YOUNG BOYS/MAN UNITEDTUDN9/14
129LIGA MX PT SUN: CRUZ AZUL / QUERETAROTUDN9/19
128LIGA PREMIER EXTRAUNIVERSO9/18
124MISION EUROPA LTUDN9/15
119UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAG 21 EF: FC INTER/REALGALA9/15
115MLS REGULAR SEASON      L: PHIL/ORLANDOESPN9/19
112UEFA CHAMP LEAGUE: BESIKTAS/ DORTMUNDTUDN9/15
109LEAGUES CUP  L: SEATTLE/SANTOS LAGUNAESPN29/14
105LIGA PREMIER: ASTON VILLA VS EVERTONUNIVERSO9/18
100MISION EUROPA TUETUDN9/14
84LIGUE 1 – L: PARIS SAINT GERMAIN VS. LYONBEIN ESP9/19
69LIGA MX – D: SANTOS VS PUEBLAFOX DEP9/20
65FUTBOL CENTRAL LTUDN9/19

source: showbuzzydaily, spoilertv, helltownbeer

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