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NFL dominates 2024 ratings despite 2.2% dip
Though its viewership took a 2.2 percent tumble in 2024, the NFL's numbers far eclipsed another other programming in U.S. broadcasting -- sports or otherwise.,Among the top 100 broadcasts in the U.S. in 2024, the NFL claimed 70 -- down from 93 the previous year. ,Across all networks, the NFL average...
CFP games top 10M average, but NFL wins head-to-head
The NFL won the head-to-head battle for viewers with the College Football Playoff.,Front Office Sports, citing figures from Nielsen, reported Tuesday that the Kansas City Chiefs' 27-19 win over the Houston Texans on Saturday averaged 15.5 million viewers on NBC, more than double the average of 6.4 m...
World Series ratings continue to soar
All eyes have been on a star-studded World Series that pit teams from the top two media markets in the United States, and the television ratings reflected that.,Ratings for Game 3 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees surpassed those of the NFL's "Monday Night Foot...
MLB's strong postseason ratings continue with boost from NLCS
Fox Sports and FS1 are having a banner year for MLB postseason ratings, and the major-market World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees hasn't even started.,The two sister networks are averaging 4,728,000 viewers per game, up 33 percent from this point last year and their best...
Soaring NFL ratings suffer second straight dip in Week 6
The NFL's streak of sky-high ratings to begin the season suffered its second consecutive setback in Week 6 with almost all key network windows down year-over-year, according to Sports Media Watch.,Week 6 opened with an NFC West showdown between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, but the r...
WNBA playoffs generating best ratings in 25 years
The WNBA reported that the 2024 playoffs have generated the highest ratings in a quarter-century as the WNBA Finals between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx is set to tip off Thursday night.,According to Nielsen ratings, the average of 970,000 viewers across the first 17 playoff games rep...
Ratings for start of MLB's division series up 41 percent
A combination of tight matchups, dramatic finishes and the presence of Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge combined to drive up television ratings for the start of MLB's division series.,Games on Fox's family of networks and Turner's family of networks saw a 41 percent spike in ratings from last year, acc...
MLB attendance highest since 2017 season
Major League Baseball finished the 2024 regular season with its highest total attendance since 2017, the league announced Tuesday.,MLB also experienced increases in TV viewership, streaming and fan engagement, which the league attributed in part to quicker games -- the 2:36 average was the shortest ...
Caitlin Clark's historic season drives big WNBA ratings boost
Caitlin Clark's rookie campaign might have come to an end Wednesday night, but her historic season helped drive the WNBA to its highest average game viewership in 24 years.,The league averaged 657,000 viewers per game, according to a report by the Sports Business Journal. That included a record 22 g...
NFL sets record for Week 1 viewership
The NFL set a Week 1 viewership record with 21.0 million average viewers on television and digital platforms, NFL Media reported Wednesday.,That represents a 12 percent increase over the 2023 opening week.,Additionally, total viewership was the highest since 2019, with 123 million people seeing at l...
Ravens-Chiefs scores record kickoff ratings for NBC
Thursday night's thriller between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs drew a record number of viewers for an NFL kickoff game.,According to NBC Sports, the Chiefs' 27-20 victory had an average audience of 28.9 million across NBC and Peacock, surpassing the 27.6 million who watched the New En...
Chiefs-Ravens opener draws top Thursday opener rating
The dramatic first game of the NFL season between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens drew record viewership numbers for a Thursday opener.,An average of 28.9 million people watched the game, which the host Chiefs won 27-20 when an apparent last-second Ravens touchdown was overturned on a vi...
Paris Olympics ratings up 82 percent over Tokyo Games
Viewership of the 2024 Paris Olympics averaged a combined 30.6 million per day for NBC Universal's daytime and primetime coverage, an 82 percent increase from the 2020 Tokyo Games, the company said.,The Tokyo Olympics, delayed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, averaged 16.9 million viewer...
WNBA All-Star Game shatters ratings record
The WNBA All-Star Game in Phoenix drew a record number of viewers on Saturday, crushing the old mark set 21 years ago.,In all, 3.44 million people watched the game on ABC, topping the previous record of 1.44 million viewers in 2003. That game featured an array of current and future Hall of Fame memb...
Argentina's dramatic Copa win drives record ratings
Defending Copa America champion Argentina's 4-2 victory over Ecuador in a penalty shootout on Thursday drew a record 1,869,000 million viewers on Fox.,The match -- the most watched Copa America non-U.S. quarterfinal telecast in U.S. English-language television history -- finished up 482 percent from...
U.S.-Uruguay match draws record TV ratings
The U.S. men's national team failed on the pitch in Copa America, but public interest in the squad was high.,The team's group-stage finale, a 1-0 loss to Uruguay on Monday that knocked the United States out of the tournament, attracted an average of 3.78 million viewers on FS1. According to Fox Spor...
Sky-Fever matchup draws WNBA's highest ratings in 23 years
The Indiana Fever's 91-83 victory over the visiting Chicago Sky on Sunday was the WNBA's most-watched game in 23 years, CBS announced on Tuesday.,The game featured 2024 No. 1 overall pick Caitlin Clark of the Fever and No. 7 overall pick Angel Reese of the Sky. The contest averaged 2.25 million view...
Indy 500 sees spike in viewership thanks to delay
The Indy 500 saw its best viewership in three years thanks to a rain delay that pushed the end of the race into primetime on Sunday, according to numbers released by NBC.,The telecast drew 5.34 million viewers from across all NBC platforms, up 8 percent vs. 2023 and 10 percent over 2022, when the 12...
Caitlin Clark's Fever debut a big hit for ESPN
Caitlin Clark's debut for the Indiana Fever drew 2.1 million viewers across all platforms on Tuesday night, making it the most-watched WNBA game on ESPN.,Viewership peaked at 2.3 million viewers for the game between the Fever and Connecticut Sun. The Sun prevailed 92-71.,The game was the most-watche...
NWSL dramatically expands TV audience as women’s sports leagues see viewership growth
When we talk about “sports ratings” being down, let’s start adding a “men’s” before the phrase....