Last Sunday’s Manchester Derby averaged 1.7 million viewers on NBC and Telemundo, making it the most-watched Premier League match on American television of all time and the most-watched soccer match on American television in 2020. This brings the average audience for Premier League matches on NBC up to 823,040 during the 2019-2020 season thus far.

Univision also saw a viewership high last weekend, averaging 1.5 million viewers for Club América’s match against Pumas last Friday night. It is the largest audience for a non-SuperClásico Liga MX match since 2017, and the second most-watched soccer match on American television so far in 2020.

It has been a strong opening two-weeks of the MLS season for ESPN, last week averaging 399,000 viewers when Portland Timbers hosted expansion side Nashville SC. This beat out all but one of ESPN’s MLS broadcasts in 2019. For FS1, it was a different story entirely. Their broadcast featuring Los Angeles FC and Philadelphia Union averaged just 124,000, a bad sign for a network that averaged just 158,000 viewers for MLS matches in 2019.

Rank Date Competition Teams Network Total
1 3/8 Premier League Man Utd / Man City NBC: 1338000 / Telemundo: 366000 1,704,000
2 3/6 Liga MX Clausura Pumas / Club América Univision: 1500000 1,500,000
3 3/7 Liga MX Clausura Atlas / Chivas Univision: 1200000 1,200,000
4 3/8 SheBelieves Cup USWNT / Spain ESPN: 522000 / TUDN: 97000 619,000
5 3/7 Liga MX Clausura Cruz Azul / Tijuana UniMás: 518000 518,000
6 3/7 Premier League Arsenal / West Ham NBCSN: 502000 502,000
7 3/7 Premier League Burnley / Spurs NBCSN: 470000 / Universo: 31000 501,000
8 3/7 Premier League Liverpool / Bournemouth NBCSN: 353000 / Universo: 49000 402,000
9 3/8 MLS Portland Timbers / Nashville ESPN: 399000 399,000
10 3/5 SheBelieves Cup USWNT / England ESPN2: 387000 387,000
11 3/8 Premier League Chelsea / Everton NBCSN: 371000 371,000
12 3/7 Liga MX Clausura Pachuca / Santos TUDN: 359000 359,000
13 3/7 MLS DC United / Inter Miami Univision: 334000 334,000
14 3/8 La Liga Betis / Real Madrid beIN SPORTS: 45845 / beIN Español: 262248 308,093
15 3/8 Liga MX Clausura Juárez / León TUDN: 279000 279,000
16 3/7 La Liga Barcelona / Real Sociedad beIN SPORTS: 48428 / beIN Español: 224668 273,096
17 3/8 Liga MX Clausura Necaxa / Morelia TUDN: 244000 244,000
18 3/8 MLS Los Angeles FC / Philadelphia Union FS1: 124000 / FOXD: 112000 236,000
19 3/9 Premier League Leicester City / Aston Villa NBCSN: 178000 178,000
20 3/6 Liga MX Clausura Puebla / Tigres Galavision: 119000 119,000
21 3/8 Bundesliga Bayern / Augsburg TUDN: 107000 107,000
22 3/7 La Liga Atlético Madrid / Sevilla beIN SPORTS: 6349 / beIN Español: 89891 96,240
23 3/8 CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) USWNT U20 / Mexico U20 TUDN: 86000 86,000
24 3/8 La Liga Villarreal / Leganes beIN SPORTS: 8544 / beIN Español: 66588 75,132
25 3/7 La Liga Getafe / Celta Vigo beIN Español: 72913 72,913
26 3/2 Liga MX Femenil Tigres / Morelia TUDN: 71000 71,000
27 3/6 CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) Mexico U20 / Haiti U20 TUDN: 66000 66,000
28 3/7 Premier League Wolves / Brighton Universo: 63000 63,000
29 3/4 CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) Mexico U20 / Trinidad and Tobago U20 TUDN: 50000 50,000
30 3/3 Copa Libertadores Caracas FC / Boca Juniors beIN SPORTS: 4994 / beIN Español: 29706 34,700
31 3/4 French Cup Lyonnais / PSG beIN SPORTS: 9357 / beIN Español: 23101 32,458
32 3/4 Copa Libertadores LDU Quito / River Plate beIN SPORTS: 784 / beIN Español: 30891 31,675
33 3/8 La Liga Levante / Granada beIN Español: 30008 30,008
34 3/6 La Liga Alaves / Valencia beIN SPORTS: 6178 / beIN Español: 23556 29,734
35 3/8 Turkish Super League Sivasspor / Galatasaray beIN SPORTS: 6858 / beIN Español: 22533 29,391
36 3/2 Liga MX Femenil Toluca / Pachuca TUDN: 28000 28,000
37 3/4 CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) USWNT U20 / Canada U20 TUDN: 27000 27,000
38 3/5 Copa Libertadores Estudiantes de merida FC / Racing beIN SPORTS: 9863 / beIN Español: 12727 22,590
39 3/8 La Liga Valladolid / Athletic Bilbao beIN SPORTS: 2176 / beIN Español: 19916 22,092
40 3/5 Copa Libertadores Alianza Lima / Nacional beIN SPORTS: 5922 / beIN Español: 11302 17,224
41 3/5 Copa Libertadores Binacional / Sao Paulo beIN SPORTS: 5142 / beIN Español: 10176 15,318
42 3/6 Bundesliga Paderborn / Köln TUDN: 15000 15,000
43 3/5 French Cup Saint Etienne / Rennes beIN SPORTS: 8926 / beIN Español: 4336 13,262
44 3/3 Copa Libertadores Defensa y Justicia / Santos FC beIN SPORTS: 5615 / beIN Español: 7596 13,211
45 3/4 CONCACAF U-20 Championship (W) Jamaica U20 / Dominican Republic U20 TUDN: 13000 13,000
46 3/7 Tournoi de France (W) France / Brazil beIN SPORTS: 11366 11,366
47 3/3 Copa Libertadores A. Paranaense / Penarol beIN SPORTS: 11168 11,168
48 3/4 Copa Libertadores Jorge Wilstermann / Colo Colo beIN Español: 9904 9,904
49 3/7 Bundesliga Schalke / Hoffenheim TUDN: 9000 9,000
50 3/4 Copa Libertadores Junior FC / Flamengo beIN SPORTS: 4473 / beIN Español: 806 5,279
51 3/4 Tournoi de France (W) Netherlands / Brazil beIN SPORTS: 4955 4,955
52 3/6 Turkish Super League Besiktas / Ankaragucu beIN SPORTS: 470 / beIN Español: 4248 4,718
53 3/6 La Liga 2 Lugo / Cadiz beIN Español: 4582 4,582
54 3/2 Turkish Super League Antalyaspor / Fenerbahçe beIN Español: 4533 4,533
55 3/4 Tournoi de France (W) France / Canada beIN SPORTS: 4371 4,371
56 3/8 Ligue 1 Lille / Lyonnais beIN SPORTS: 3441 3,441
57 3/4 Copa Libertadores América de Cali / Gremio beIN Español: 3332 3,332
58 3/2 La Liga Mallorca / Getafe beIN Español: 3067 3,067
59 3/2 La Liga Eibar / Levante beIN Español: 3032 3,032
60 3/4 Copa Libertadores C.A. Tigre / Palmeiras beIN SPORTS: 2299 2,299
61 3/2 Turkish Super League Galatasaray / Genclerbirligi beIN SPORTS: 776 / beIN Español: 1416 2,192
62 3/4 Copa Libertadores Delfin / Olimpia beIN Español: 2064 2,064
63 3/6 Ligue 1 Marseille / Amiens beIN SPORTS: 1829 1,829

HT ShowBuzz Daily