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/ 3688 days agoOvernight TV ratings for Championship Sunday increase 10% compared to last year
NBC Sports has announced that the overnight TV ratings for its 2016 edition of Championship Sunday increased by 10% compared to last season's number for the final day of the Premier League season. Sunday’s schedule featured live Premier League matches on 10 different NBCUniversal television networks, as well as one match apiece on Spanish-language networks […]
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/ 3689 days agoChivas-America Súper Clásico is most-viewed club soccer match
The first leg of the Liga MX playoff between Chivas and Club América last Thursday was the most-viewed club soccer match in US cable history. The match was televised live on Univision Deportes to an audience of 1.4 million total viewers. The 0-0 draw was also delivered the most streams and minutes watched of any […]
World Soccer Talk
/ 3690 days agoListen to the World Soccer Talk playlist on Spotify
It's been four years since we last released a Spotify playlist featuring songs that we love that we hope you enjoy. A lot has changed since then, but to celebrate the relaunch of our website, we thought it'd be an apt time to celebrate and rock some tunes. Here's our curated list of 28 of […]
EPL Commentator Schedule
/ 3692 days agoEPL commentator assignments on NBC, Gameweek 38
NBCUniversal presents Premier League “Championship Sunday,” with all 10 matches presented live simultaneously on 10 different NBCUniversal television networks this Sunday, May 15, at 10 a.m. ET. NBC and NBC UNIVERSO host coverage of Swansea City v. Manchester City, with Manchester United v. Bournemouth on NBCSN and TELEMUNDO. In addition, all 10 matches will be […]
TV Ratings
/ 3692 days agoMost-watched live soccer games on US TV for weekend of May 6-11, 2016
It was another huge weekend for European soccer on US television last weekend as many do-or-die matches were shown live across the country. Not surprisingly, there were big numbers for the Premier League and La Liga. But the Bundesliga also served up a decent number for a game shown live on the over-the-air FOX network, […]
World Soccer Talk
/ 3693 days agoWelcome to the new beginning
Now in our 11th year of covering soccer, World Soccer Talk is proud to announce that we're making several big changes to the site. For us, it's a return to our roots (I'll explain more about that later). But we're confident that most of you will enjoy the new focus of the website. With the […]
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/ 3694 days agoNBC Sports announces schedule for 2016 Championship Sunday
NBC Sports has announced its schedule for the final day of the Premier League season, which they're calling it Championship Sunday when all 10 games will be shown live across NBC's array of networks. The game that has been given prime billing is on NBC, which features Manchester City away at Swansea City as the […]
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/ 3695 days agoESPN announces commentators for Euro 2016
ESPN has announced its lineup of talent that will be bringing Euro 2016 to US television this summer. The biggest surprise is that ESPN will feature Kate Markgraf as the first female co-commentator in the US to ever call a top-tier global men's tournament. The 1999 Women’s World Cup champion made her debut during ESPN’s 2011 […]
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/ 3696 days agoMike Tirico to host ESPN's coverage of Euro 2016
Veteran broadcaster Mike Tirico will be the host of ESPN's Euro 2016 coverage this June before he joins NBC Sports on a full-time basis. According to a statement from ESPN, "Tirico will remain with ESPN through the end of June. He is currently working ESPN and ABC Sports’ NBA Playoff games. Next month he will […]
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/ 3696 days agoNBCSN will feature Sunderland-Everton instead of Liverpool-Chelsea
NBC Sports has made a change to its TV schedule for Wednesday's Premier League games to feature Sunderland against Everton on NBCSN instead of the originally scheduled Liverpool vs. Chelsea match. After Sunderland's surprise 3-2 win against Chelsea on Saturday, a win for Sunderland against Everton on Wednesday evening will guarantee Premier League survival for […]
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/ 3698 days agoTop 10 most-watched Premier League games on US TV this season
So far this Premier League season, NBC's coverage of the world's most popular sports league has continued to raise the bar in coverage. Plus, with one week to go, it looks likely that the sports broadcaster will break last season's record for the average viewing audience of 479,000. Meanwhile, below are the top 10 most-watched […]
EPL Commentator Schedule
/ 3699 days agoEPL commentator assignments on NBC, Gameweek 37
NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2015-16 Premier League continues this weekend with matches across the networks of NBCUniversal. Saturday’s live coverage on NBCSN kicks off at 7 a.m. ET with Premier League Live, immediately followed by Norwich City v. Manchester United at 7:45 a.m. ET. Coverage continues at 10 a.m. ET, when NBCSN hosts […]
TV Ratings
/ 3700 days agoMost-watched live soccer games on US TV for weekend of April 29 to May 2, 2016
Out of the 40 soccer games shown live across US television last weekend, the Premier League game between Manchester United and Leicester scored the most number of viewers, almost breaking the 1 million number, for the game that was shown on NBCSN. The match was also televised live on Telemundo but those viewing numbers aren't […]
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/ 3703 days agoESPN SportsCenter mistakenly claims Tottenham wins the Premier League
ESPN's SportsCenter, the most popular sports news program on US television, made a huge mistake on Monday evening when one of its on-air talent claimed that Tottenham Hotspur, not Leicester, had won the 2015/16 Premier League title. The mistake was made on-air on ESPN not one but twice as the sports network showed footage of […]
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/ 3703 days agofuboTV adds One World Sports
Soccer streaming service fuboTV has added One World Sports to its growing list of soccer channels that can be streamed on computers, tablets, smartphones, set top boxes and select smart TVs. With One World Sports, the 24-hour sports network features games from NASL's New York Cosmos as well as programming from Arsenal TV, Chelsea TV […]