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USMNT victory over Australia draws nearly 15M viewersThe United States men's national team turned a Friday afternoon match into must-see TV with an overnight rating of 14.78 million viewers, according to Nielsen.,The USMNT's 2-0 victory over Australia was the fourth largest watched match in the men's World Cup on English-language television.,The viewe...

Stanley Cup Final draws highest TV ratings in 7 yearsThe high-scoring Stanley Cup Final turned into a ratings win for ABC, which drew the highest viewership for the NHL's championship round in seven years, the network announced Tuesday.,The Carolina Hurricanes' six-game win over the Vegas Golden Knights attracted an average of 5.2 million viewers. The...

Knicks-Spurs scores NBA Finals' highest ratings in 28 yearsWith an average of 20.6 million views, per Nielsen, this month's NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs was the most-watched finals since 1998.,The Knicks' 94-90 title-clinching Game 5 victory on Saturday night drew an average of 24.5 million viewers on ESPN and ABC, the mo...

NBA playoffs scoring highest ratings in nearly three decades

The NBA continues to tout its resurgent TV ratings two rounds into the playoffs.,The first two rounds of the playoffs have averaged 4.5 million viewers per game, NBA PR said Tuesday, with games across ABC, ESPN and new broadcast partners NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video.,According to the league, i...

NFL draft ratings dip 12%, still third-most watched ever

Viewership of the 2026 NFL Draft dropped 12% year-over-year with an average of 6.6 million viewers across all networks for the three-day event, according to Front Office Sports.,Despite the drop from 2025's three-day average of 7.5 million viewers, the 2026 version was the third-most-watched draft s...

NHL scores highest TV ratings in 14 seasons

A year after NHL viewership shrunk, the league drew its highest average television audiences in 14 years for the just-concluded regular season, Sports Business Journal and Sports Media Watch reported on Tuesday.,In games on ESPN, ABC and TNT/truTV, the NHL posted averages of 546,000 viewers, per the...

Rory McIlroy's Masters repeat scores CBS' best ratings in 11 years

Rory McIlroy's sixth career major title -- his second consecutive win at the Masters -- earned a major ratings boost for CBS in the final round on Sunday afternoon.,The fourth round averaged nearly 14 million viewers -- 13,995,000, more precisely -- the most to watch CBS for the final day from Augus...

WNBA draft second-most watched ever with 1.5M viewers

With uncertainty over the identity of the top overall pick and new NCAA champion UCLA producing a record number of selections, the WNBA draft drew its second-highest viewership total ever on Monday.,According to ESPN, 1.5 million watched the event, a 20% increase from last year's draft. The audience...