Sunday’s Merseyside Derby between Everton and Liverpool delivered a combined audience of 1.269 million viewers on NBC and Telemundo, making it the third most-watched Premier League match of 2020.

NBCSN also delivered the third and fourth most-watched weekday Premier League matches since 2014 (excluding holidays) with June 17’s match between Manchester City and Arsenal drawing 518,000 viewers to the network and June 19’s match between Spurs and Manchester United averaging 533,000 viewers.

Overall, the Premier League averaged 533,700 viewers in its first full week back, including a few mid-week matches.

Over on ESPN, Italian soccer is really struggling to bring in viewers mid-week with the June 17’s Coppa Italia Final between Juventus and Napoli only drawing 122,000 viewers, and a Monday Serie A match on June 22 drawing only 115,000 viewers.

The Premier League’s return also contributed to a large drop in Bundesliga viewership, with last Saturday morning’s 9:30 AM kickoff on Fox Sports 1 averaging just 65,000 viewers, down 73% from what the window had averaged since the Bundesliga’s return from their COVID-19 hiatus in May.

 

Rank Date Competition Teams Network Total
1 6/21 Premier League Everton / Liverpool NBC: 997000 / Telemundo: 272000 1,269,000
2 6/20 Premier League West Ham / Wolves NBC: 716000 / Telemundo: 114000 830,000
3 6/21 Premier League Aston Villa / Chelsea NBCSN: 612000 / Telemundo: 173000 785,000
4 6/19 Premier League Spurs / Manchester United NBCSN: 533000 / Universo: 42000 575,000
5 6/17 Premier League Manchester City / Arsenal NBCSN: 518000 / Universo: 45000 563,000
6 6/20 Premier League Brighton / Arsenal NBCSN: 383000 / Universo: 15000 398,000
7 6/21 Premier League Newcastle / Sheffield United NBCSN: 272000 272,000
8 6/17 Premier League Aston Villa / Sheffield United NBCSN: 240000 240,000
9 6/19 Premier League Norwich / Southampton NBCSN: 217000 217,000
10 6/20 Premier League Watford / Leicester City NBCSN: 188000 188,000
11 6/17 Coppa Italia Final Juventus / Napoli ESPN: 122000 122,000
12 6/22 Serie A Lecce / AC Milan ESPN: 115000 115,000
13 6/20 Bundesliga Bayern München / Freiburg FS1: 65000 / UniMás: 46000 111,000
14 6/17 Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund / Mainz 05 UniMás: 77000 77,000
15 6/20 Bundesliga RB Leipzig / Borussia Dortmund FS2: 67000 67,000
16 6/20 Bundesliga Hertha Berlin / Bayer Leverkusen TUDN: 12000 12,000
17 6/17 Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt / Schalke 04 TUDN: 11000 11,000
18 6/16 Bundesliga Freiburg / Hertha Berlin TUDN: 7000 7,000

HT ShowBuzz Daily