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U.S. Open serves ESPN largest opening-day audience everESPN's coverage of Sunday's first-round action at the U.S. Open averaged 914,000 viewers with a peak of 1.3 million across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, marking the tournament's largest opening-day audience in the network's history.,Viewership was up 13% from last year on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2. ABC averaged 1....

Report: Michael Jordan not expected to return to NBC’s NBA coverageHall of Famer Michael Jordan was once hailed as an important piece of NBC's NBA coverage.,A year later, his tenure might be over.,That's according to an article from Front Office Sports, which reported on Wednesday that Jordan's tenure as a special on-air contributor with NBC is expected to end afte...

Freedom 250 nets best IndyCar ratings outside 500 since ‘08The IndyCar Series' Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a one-time street race in the nation's capital in honor of the country's semiquincentennial, earned the racing circuit's best TV ratings for any non-Indianapolis 500 race since 2008.,Fox reported an average of 3.282 million viewers for the unique event, th...

World Cup final averages 66.4M viewers in U.S.

The World Cup final between Spain and Argentina on Sunday averaged a U.S. TV audience of 66.4 million people.,Fox reported the staggering number Tuesday, citing Nielsen for the linear audience and Adobe Analytics for the streaming data. An average of 42.5 million watched the Spaniards' 1-0 victory o...

Argentina's win over England sets ratings record for World Cup semifinals

Fox Sports continued a record-breaking week in TV soccer viewership when Argentina's narrow victory over England on Wednesday was the most-watched World Cup semifinal in English-language history, Variety reported.,Argentina's 2-1 win averaged 15.063 million viewers on Fox, crushing the mark set just...

US, Mexico World Cup matches officially set TV viewership records

The United States men's national team officially broke the record for most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history twice in a row.,As disappointing as Monday's 4-1 round of 16 loss to Belgium was for fans, the pregame excitement helped attract 33.086 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media resea...

US loss to Belgium sets another domestic TV ratings record

The United States men's national team's loss to Belgium in the World Cup round of 16 on Monday was a disappointment for fans, but it rewrote domestic viewership records once again.,The game drew 30 million viewers on Fox, according to Nielsen preliminary data released Tuesday. That far outpaced the ...

USMNT round of 32 World Cup win scores historic ratings

The United States' World Cup knockout victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday was the most-watched English-language soccer broadcast in U.S. history, according to Fox Sports.,Fox reported a record-breaking average viewership of 24.429 million, citing Nielsen preliminary data. The peak audie...