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After some viewership declines during the early portion of the season, the NFL is back on track. Entering Week 9, NFL viewership is up 3% year-over-year, according to a report by Austin Karp in Sports Business Journal. That increase is within the range that could be entirely attributed to Nielsen’s recent methodological changes that altered…
A thoughtful college football viewership analysis by The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel, published Tuesday, has been circulating in sports media circles. The top-line figures don’t look great for the sport through the first eight weeks. Average viewership is down by 6% for games airing on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and ESPN. Last season, games on those…
WNBA fans have plenty to say after Dream-Valkyries Game 7 delivers a historic viewership milestone, sparking debate over the league's biggest draws.
Four games total have drawn an audience of 10 million or higher.
Game 7 of the WNBA Finals drew over 3.3 million viewers as the Golden State Valkyries beat the Dream 68-63 to win their first title.
The network has the season’s two most-watched broadcasts—both were Chiefs games.
2026 is the first time the WNBA Finals was played in a best-of-seven format, and the series went the distance. The Golden State Valkyries won a do-or-die game against the Atlanta Dream on Saturday, earning a title in just their second year of existence and capping another ascendant season for the WNBA from a viewership…
The Golden State Valkyries are still basking in the glow of their thrilling Game 7 win of the WNBA Finals over the Atlanta Dream to clinch to the franchise’s first title in only their second season of existence. And as it turns out, much of the sports world was tuned in to watch Game 7. […] The post Valkyries’ WNBA Finals Game 7 win vs. Dream tracking for highest ratings in almost 30 years appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The series averaged nearly 1.9 million viewers, the most for a Finals series.
Both MLB and the NBA are looking towards building aggregated local streaming hubs in the near future with the hope that bundling local rights into a league-wide package can draw the interest of deep-pocketed streamers like YouTube or Prime Video. As it turns out, a new analysis by Playfly Sports seems to support the leagues’…
THE NFL’s international games in October smashed their previous viewership records. The league scheduled nine regular season clashes to be held overseas this season, up from seven in the 2025…
The controversial matinee game outdrew last year’s primetime championship clincher.
La Liga is seeing significant growth in U.S. viewership this season, fueled by a record-setting audience for Sunday’s El Clásico. Sunday’s Barcelona-Real Madrid match averaged a whopping 2.4 million viewers across ABC and ESPN Deportes, making it the most-watched El Clásico and La Liga match in U.S. history. The audience more than doubled last season’s…
A pivot to a Friday start date paid higher dividends this year.
The Milwaukee Brewers’ World Series clincher on Wednesday made this year’s Fall Classic relatively on par with other World Series this decade in viewership, with the usual boost from Nielsen’s recent methodology updates. The Brewers’ title-clinching Game 5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays averaged 14.22 million viewers across Fox and Fox Deportes, according to…
The ManningCast, hosted by brothers Peyton and Eli Manning, has been one of the most beloved alternatives in NFL broadcasting since its debut in 2021. However, viewership has been dropping steadily for some time, and the Week 7 numbers do not bode well for the show. NBC Sports’ Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk noted […]
“They beat it to death” “Get rid of the guests and it’s fixed”: NFL fans react as ManningCast viewership continues downward trend Sportskeeda
NFL Network has one more Sunday morning game this season.
The NBA saw encouraging ratings growth in the first year of its new broadcast deals with ESPN, NBC, and Amazon Prime Video thanks to additional broadcast exposure and a burgeoning crop of young stars. That success is now continuing in the second year of those media deals. According to Sports Business Journal’s Austin Karp, the…
A Brewers rout and the sports equinox drove viewership far lower.
After posting relatively strong viewership for the first two games, the Milwaukee Brewers-Tampa Bay Rays World Series saw much weaker viewership in Game 3, thanks to a blowout and direct competition from the NFL. Game 3 of the World Series averaged 8.44 million viewers across Fox and Fox Deportes, Awful Announcing has learned. The game…
Whether viewership for Formula One’s first season on Apple TV is up or down from the circuit’s last season on ESPN isn’t something Liberty Media CEO Derek Chang wants to address. But whatever data Chang is seeing is good enough for him to express supreme confidence in F1’s deal with Apple. Chang, the CEO of…
The WNBA Finals continues to post high marks despite a series of scheduling shifts. Saturday’s Game 4 between the Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream, which was moved from 3:30 p.m. ET to 1 p.m. ET to accommodate holding the game in State Farm Arena rather than the Dream’s much smaller home arena, averaged 1.9…
College GameDay chose Rice-Eccles Stadium as the site for the show this past week, returning to Utah for the seventh time overall. One member of the College GameDay crew didn’t enjoy the trip: Pat McAfee. McAfee claimed to “hate” his visit, being made to feel uncomfortable due to a video posted by the school on […] The post College GameDay’ viewership streak continues amid Pat McAfee’s controversy with Utah appeared first on ClutchPoints.
