A full slate of 40 soccer things on TV highlights a busy week that featured the Liga MX Playoffs.
Highlights/Lowlights:
• America's team - Club America tops the chart again. The Univision broadcast of their match against Puebla pulled 1.2m + another chunk on TUDN.
• On the Eng-lang side, Manchester City vs Liverpool did very well at 831k. The match was one of the best of the year and will likely go a long way to bringing in more viewership ahead of the World Cup.
• MLS playoffs also got started last week. The match on ABC pulled 452k which is slightly up from last year. Over on ESPN they pulled a disappointing 173k, down from LY. Combined, MLS is down -9% YOY on the weekend on ABC/ESPN.
• Over on FS1 MLS did not do all that great against the NFL's Monday Night Football. Down nearly 40% YOY.
• Wrexham's FA Cup match on ESPN2 was a bit of a surprise but did manage to pull 89k (0.04). The replay was yesterday and I'll have numbers later today. The number is notable because it's 5th division soccer in another country. Pretty amazing journey so far.
• ESPN Deportes coverage of Real Madrid and Barcelona returned to a good number of 370k. Would like to see it on "big" ABC. I'm guessing 1+ million at least.
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US TV Viewership: Soccer Programs Oct 11-17 |
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| PREMIER LEAGUE | | |
| LIGA MX | | |
| MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER | | |
| | | |
Viewers (000) | Event/Game | Network | Date |
1,153 | LIGA MX SAT: QF: AMERICA / PUEBLA | UNIVISION | 10/15 |
831 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: MAN CITY/LIVERPOOL | USA | 10/16 |
696 | NBC PREMIER LEAGUE: EVERTON/TOTTENHAM | NBC | 10/15 |
625 | LIGA MX L: QF: TIGRES / PACHUCA | TUDN | 10/13 |
588 | LIGA MX L: QF: PACHUCA / TIGRES | TUDN | 10/16 |
514 | LIGA MX L: QF: TOLUCA / SANTOS | TUDN | 10/13 |
496 | FUTBOL CENTRAL PT SAT | UNIVISION | 10/15 |
452 | MLS PLAYOFFS: AUSTIN FC V RSL | ABC | 10/16 |
385 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: NEWCASTLE/MANC UNITED | USA | 10/16 |
372 | LIGA MX SAT: QF: AMERICA / PUEBLA | TUDN | 10/15 |
370 | LA LIGA L: REAL MADRID/BARCELONA | ESPND | 10/16 |
356 | PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO | USA | 10/16 |
301 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: NOTTINGHAM/WOLVES | USA | 10/15 |
224 | PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO | USA | 10/15 |
219 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: CPALACE/LEICESTER | USA | 10/15 |
211 | PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE | USA | 10/16 |
173 | MLS PLAYOFFS L: MONTREAL/ORLANDO | ESPN | 10/16 |
162 | PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO | USA | 10/15 |
138 | MLS PLAYOFFS L: ROUND 1:DALLAS/MINNESOTA | FS1 | 10/17 |
136 | PREMIER LEAGUE L: BRIGHTON/BRENTFORD | USA | 10/14 |
133 | MLS PLAYOFFS L: ROUND 1:NYCFC/INTER MIAMI | FS1 | 10/17 |
128 | PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO | USA | 10/16 |
118 | FUTBOL MLS SAT: LA GALAXY / NASHVILLE SC | TUDN | 10/15 |
109 | UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 1: MAN UNITED / OMONOIA | TUDN | 10/13 |
99 | PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO | USA | 10/15 |
94 | FUTBOL CENTRAL L | TUDN | 10/13 |
89 | FA CUP SOCCER L: BLYTH/WREXHAM | ESPN2 | 10/15 |
86 | FUTBOL CENTRAL L | TUDN | 10/16 |
83 | LA LIGA L: ESPANYOL/VALLADOLID | ESPND | 10/16 |
83 | MLS PLAYOFF RD 1: FC DALLAS VS MINNESOTA | FOXD | 10/17 |
74 | LIGA MX EN 60 | TUDN | 10/16 |
61 | LIGA MX EN 60 | TUDN | 10/16 |
61 | UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE L: BODO GLIMT / ARSENAL | TUDN | 10/13 |
59 | LIGA MX L: QTR 2:SANTOS LAGUNA/TOLUCA | FS1 | 10/16 |
59 | LIGUE 1 – L: PARIS SAINT GERMAIN V MARSEILLE | BEIN ESP | 10/16 |
58 | LIGA MX EN 60 | TUDN | 10/15 |
54 | FUTBOL CENTRAL PT SAT | TUDN | 10/15 |
47 | LIGUE 1 – L: PARIS SAINT GERMAIN VS. MARSEILLE | BEIN | 10/16 |
45 | MLS PLAYOFFS L: CF MONTREAL/ORLANDO | ESPND | 10/16 |
35 | MLS PLAYOFFS L: AUSTIN FC/REAL SALT LAKE | ESPND | 10/16 |
29 | LIGA MX EN 60 | TUDN | 10/17 |
sources: showbuzzdaily, spoilertv, helltown (analysis)