Last Saturday’s Manchester Derby on NBCSN and Telemundo averaged a combined 999,000 viewers, delivering both network’s largest audience for a Premier League match since Manchester City battled Liverpool in early November. Given it was televised on NBCSN and not the over-the-air NBC network, it was not surprisingly the least-watched Manchester Derby to be played on a weekend since September 10, 2016, and down 9% from 1.1 million viewers for the same fixture last season.
Univision’s broadcasts of their three Liga MX Semifinal matches averaged 1.4 million viewers, down 17% from the semifinals of last year’s Apertura which featured a matchup between Club América and Tigres. To add more context to Univision’s broadcast of the Club America-Morelia match, it made TUDN the No. 1 sports network in prime on Sunday among total viewers.
FOX Deportes also saw a drop in viewership for their one Liga MX Semifinal broadcast this Apertura from 825,000 viewers for Monterrey’s home match against Cruz Azul last year to 657,000 for Monterrey’s home match against Necaxa this year.
| Rank | Date | Competition | Teams | Network | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12/5 | Liga MX Apertura Liguilla | Morelia / América | Univision: 1800000 | 1,800,000 |
| 2 | 12/7 | Liga MX Apertura Liguilla | Necaxa / Monterrey | Univision: 1300000 | 1,300,000 |
| 3 | 12/8 | Liga MX Apertura Liguilla | América / Morelia | TUDN: 1100000 | 1,100,000 |
| 4 | 12/7 | Premier League | Man City / Man Utd | NBCSN: 675000 / Telemundo: 324000 | 999,000 |
| 5 | 12/4 | Liga MX Apertura Liguilla | Monterrey / Necaxa | FOXD: 657000 | 657,000 |
| 6 | 12/7 | Premier League | Bournemouth / Liverpool | NBCSN: 526000 / Universo: 72000 | 598,000 |
| 7 | 12/8 | Premier League | Brighton / Wolves | NBCSN: 323000 / Telemundo: 243000 | 566,000 |
| 8 | 12/4 | Premier League | Man Utd / Spurs | NBCSN: 291000 / Universo: 53000 | 344,000 |
| 9 | 12/8 | Premier League | Aston Villa / Leicester City | NBCSN: 311000 | 311,000 |
| 10 | 12/7 | Premier League | Everton / Chelsea | NBCSN: 275000 | 275,000 |
| 11 | 12/7 | LaLiga | Barcelona / Mallorca | beIN SPORTS: 78431 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 192023 | 270,454 |
| 12 | 12/9 | Premier League | West Ham / Arsenal | NBCSN: 184000 | 184,000 |
| 13 | 12/5 | Premier League | Arsenal / Brighton | NBCSN: 173000 | 173,000 |
| 14 | 12/3 | Premier League | Burnley / Man City | NBCSN: 133000 | 133,000 |
| 15 | 12/7 | Bundesliga | Mönchengladbach / Bayern | TUDN: 93000 | 93,000 |
| 16 | 12/7 | LaLiga | Real Madrid / Espanyol | beIN SPORTS: 19103 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 60498 | 79,601 |
| 17 | 12/7 | Ligue 1 | Montpellier / PSG | beIN SPORTS: 18846 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 29431 | 48,277 |
| 18 | 12/6 | LaLiga | Villarreal / Atletico Madrid | beIN SPORTS: 14670 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 30053 | 44,723 |
| 19 | 12/7 | LaLiga | Levante / Valencia | beIN SPORTS: 17613 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 19679 | 37,292 |
| 20 | 12/8 | LaLiga | Valladolid / Real Sociedad | beIN SPORTS: 5257 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 31037 | 36,294 |
| 21 | 12/8 | LaLiga | Osasuna / Sevilla | beIN SPORTS: 7833 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 21338 | 29,171 |
| 22 | 12/8 | Bundesliga | Bremen / Paderborn | TUDN: 29000 | 29,000 |
| 23 | 12/8 | LaLiga | Leganes / Celta Vigo | beIN SPORTS: 6716 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 21657 | 28,373 |
| 24 | 12/7 | LaLiga | Granada / Alaves | beIN SPORTS en Español: 28049 | 28,049 |
| 25 | 12/3 | Ligue 1 | Lyon / Lille | beIN SPORTS: 6766 /beIN SPORTS en Español: 15051 | 21,817 |
| 26 | 12/4 | Ligue 1 | PSG / Nantes | beIN SPORTS: 14743 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 6636 | 21,379 |
| 27 | 12/8 | LaLiga | Real Betis / Athletic | beIN SPORTS: 2387 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 13081 | 15,468 |
| 28 | 12/6 | Bundesliga | Frankfurt / Hertha Berlin | TUDN: 12000 | 12,000 |
| 29 | 12/4 | Ligue 1 | Toulouse / Monaco | beIN SPORTS: 7070 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 3422 | 10,492 |
| 30 | 12/9 | Turkish Superliga | Galatasaray / Alanyaspor | beIN SPORTS: 1761 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 5903 | 8,916 |
| 31 | 12/8 | Turkish Superliga | Kasimpasa / Besiktas | beIN SPORTS: 1761 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 5903 | 7,664 |
| 32 | 12/3 | Ligue 1 | Angers / Marseille | beIN SPORTS: 4690 / beIN SPORTS en Español: 4226 | 7,611 |
