After the close of the international break, the English Premier League and German Bundesliga both returned to American airwaves on Saturday. The mid table clash between Crystal Palace and West Ham on the over-the-air NBC network averaged 104% more viewers than FOX’s match between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen on its over-the-air network. This continues the trend of Premier League games on NBC demolishing Bundesliga on FOX ratings. Overall for the weekend, the Bundesliga averaged 128,800 viewers when in direct competition to the Premier League, which averaged 393,600 viewers.
Bob Bradley’s managerial debut at Swansea City, in direct competition with Man City/Everton on NBCSN, averaged just 130,000 viewers on CNBC. That number should not be a surprise to many. So far this season, CNBC is averaging just slightly more than 130,000 viewers for secondary kickoffs when another (typically bigger) game is airing on NBCSN. NBCSN is averaging 418,000 viewers during simultaneous broadcasts.
The Premier League returns to NBC this upcoming Saturday afternoon whereas the Bundesliga’s Saturday afternoon match will air on Fox Sports 2 because of college football.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for October 12-17, 2016:
Rank | Date | Competition | Kickoff | Home | Away | TV 1 | TV 2 | Total |
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1 | 10/15/16 | Liga MX | 10:00 PM | Club América | Tijuana | Univision; 979000 | Univision Deportes; 464000 | 1,443,000 |
2 | 10/15/16 | Premier League | 12:30 PM | Crystal Palace | West Ham | NBC; 604000 | NBC Universo; 12000 | 616,000 |
3 | 10/16/16 | Liga MX | 7:00 PM | Puebla | Chivas | —; — | Univision Deportes; 550000 | 550,000 |
4 | 10/16/16 | Liga MX | 1:00 PM | Toluca | Pumas | Univision; 357000 | Univision Deportes; 148000 | 505,000 |
5 | 10/15/16 | Premier League | 10:00 AM | Manchester City | Everton | NBCSN; 359000 | NBC Universo; 35000 | 394,000 |
6 | 10/17/16 | Premier League | 3:00 PM | Liverpool | Manchester United | NBCSN; 371000 | —; — | 371,000 |
7 | 10/15/16 | Bundesliga | 12:30 PM | Werder Bremen | Bayer Leverkusen | FOX; 296000 | Fox Deportes; 75000 | 371,000 |
8 | 10/15/16 | La Liga | 2:45 PM | Real Betis | Real Madrid | beIN SPORTS; 82000 | beIN Español; 271000 | 353,000 |
9 | 10/16/16 | Premier League | 11:00 AM | Southamton | Burnley | NBCSN; 282000 | NBC Universo; 17000 | 299,000 |
10 | 10/15/16 | La Liga | 10:15 AM | Barcelona | Deportivo | beIN SPORTS; 81000 | beIN Español; 203000 | 284,000 |
11 | 10/15/16 | Liga MX | 6:00 PM | Chiapas | Monterrey | —; — | Univision Deportes; 281000 | 281,000 |
12 | 10/15/16 | Premier League | 7:30 AM | Chelsea | Leicester City | NBCSN; 255000 | NBC Universo; 25000 | 280,000 |
13 | 10/15/16 | Liga MX | 8:00 PM | Tigres | Necaxa | —; — | Univision Deportes; 256000 | 256,000 |
14 | 10/16/16 | Premier League | 8:30 AM | Middlesbrough | Watford | NBCSN; 236000 | NBC Universo; 13000 | 249,000 |
15 | 10/16/16 | MLS | 5:00 PM | Portland Timbers | Colorado Rapids | ESPN; 178000 | ESPN Deportes; — | 178,000 |
16 | 10/16/16 | MLS | 3:00 PM | Montreal Impact | Toronto FC | ESPN; 161000 | ESPN Deportes; — | 161,000 |
17 | 10/15/16 | La Liga | 12:30 PM | Atletico Madrid | Granada | —; — | beIN Español; 139000 | 139,000 |
18 | 10/15/16 | Premier League | 10:00 AM | Arsenal | Swansea City | CNBC; 130000 | —; — | 130,000 |
19 | 10/14/16 | Bundesliga | 2:30 PM | Borussia Dortmund | Hertha Berlin | Fox Sports 1; 90000 | Fox Deportes; 13000 | 103,000 |
20 | 10/16/16 | La Liga | 2:45 PM | Villarreal | Celta | —; — | beIN Español; 79000 | 79,000 |
21 | 10/16/16 | Bundesliga | 9:30 AM | Mainz | Darmstadt | Fox Sports 1; 56000 | Fox Deportes; 13000 | 69,000 |
22 | 10/16/16 | La Liga | 10:15 AM | Athletic Bilbao | Real Sociedad | —; — | beIN Español; 68000 | 68,000 |
23 | 10/16/16 | La Liga | 12:30 PM | Sporting | Valencia | —; — | beIN Español; 67000 | 67,000 |
24 | 10/15/16 | Bundesliga | 9:30 AM | Frankfurt | Bayern Munich | Fox Sports 1; 64000 | ; — | 64,000 |
25 | 10/15/16 | Liga MX | 8:06 PM | Pachuca | Santos Laguna | Telemundo; Not available | NBC Universo; 62000 | 62,000 |
26 | 10/17/16 | U-17 World Cup (W) | 9:00 AM | Venezuela | North Korea | Fox Sports 2; 28000 | NBC Universo; 3000 | 31,000 |
27 | 10/15/16 | Championship | 12:30 PM | Aston Villa | Wolves | beIN SPORTS; 26000 | —; — | 26,000 |
28 | 10/15/16 | Bundesliga | 9:30 AM | Mönchengladbach | Hamburg | Fox Sports 2; 12000 | Fox Deportes; 11000 | 23,000 |
29 | 10/14/16 | La Liga | 2:45 PM | Las Palmas | Espanyol | —; — | beIN Español; 19000 | 19,000 |
30 | 10/17/16 | U-17 World Cup (W) | 12:00 PM | Spain | Japan | Fox Sports 2; 15000 | —; — | 15,000 |
31 | 10/12/16 | NASL | 7:30 PM | Carolina Railhawks | Rayo OKC | beIN Sports; 10000 | beIN Español; 5000 | 15,000 |
32 | 10/16/16 | Bundesliga | 11:30 AM | Wolfsburg | RB Leipzig | Fox Sports 2; 14000 | —; — | 14,000 |
33 | 10/15/16 | NASL | 7:30 PM | Indy Eleven | Carolina Railhawks | —; — | beIN Español; 12000 | 12,000 |
34 | 10/14/16 | Ligue 1 | 2:45 PM | Nice | Lyon | beIN SPORTS; 9000 | —; — | 9,000 |
35 | 10/16/16 | Serie A | 9:00 AM | Inter Milan | Cagliari | beIN SPORTS; 7000 | —; — | 7,000 |
36 | 10/14/16 | Ligue 1 | 1:00 PM | Toulouse | Monaco | beIN SPORTS; 3000 | —; — | 3,000 |
37 | 10/17/16 | Serie A | 2:45 PM | Palermo | Torino | beIN SPORTS; 3000 | —; — | 3,000 |
2016 MLS TV averages:
Overall | ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPND | FOX | FS1 | FOXD | Univision | UniMás | UDN |
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280,148 | 295,704 | 201,500 | 46,000 | 658,000 | 157,960 | 34,367 | 827,000 | 163,560 | 69,417 |
2016 Most popular soccer leagues on US TV:
League | Average |
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Liga MX | 690,818 |
Premier League | 419,614 |
UEFA CL | 374,500 |
MLS | 280,148 |
La Liga | 133,552 |
NWSL | 88,500 |
Bundesliga | 78,645 |
Primeira Liga | 38,400 |
Serie A | 31,389 |
Eredivisie | 28,200 |
Championship | 17,600 |
Ligue 1 | 11,833 |
NASL | 7,563 |
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