FOX Earns Larger Audience For Second Live EPL Telecast

Posted by | 02/10/2012 at 4:09 pm

Viewership increased slightly for the second live English Premier League match on U.S. broadcast television.

Sunday’s Chelsea/Manchester United EPL match earned a 0.8 final rating and 1.377 million viewers on FOX, flat in ratings and up 10% in viewership from the network’s first live EPL telecast two weeks earlier (MANU/ARSENAL: 0.8, 1.258M).

Though up from the first live telecast, Sunday’s match ranks as the second-lowest rated and the second-least viewed of the five EPL telecasts on FOX this season. The network’s three tape delayed matches earlier in the season each earned at least a 1.0 final rating and 1.6 million viewers.

Keep in mind those tape delayed matches aired either before or after NFL coverage on FOX, depending on the market.

Ratings/Viewership For EPL on FOX Broadcast This Season

Date Result Net Rating Viewers (000)
Sun., 9/18/11 CHE 1, MANU 3 FOX
1.0
1,611
Sun., 10/2/11 ARS 1, TOT 2 FOX
1.1
1,626
Sun., 11/20/11 LIV 2, CHE 1 FOX
1.1
1,662
Sun., 1/22/12 MANU 1, ARS 2 FOX
0.8
1,258
Sun., 2/5/12 MANU 3, CHE 3 FOX
0.8
1,377

(Sunday’s numbers from Sports Business Daily)

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  • http://twitter.com/black_bile mark coale

    as i mentioned in last week’s post about EPL ratings, the network still has around 75% clearance from Fox affiliates around the country, including some major markets that opted for infomercials instead of futbol.

  • Stingbee30

    You forgot to add Fox Deportes…FOX Deportes added another 500k viewers to the bottom line…We had almost 1.9 million viewers combined (FOX+FOX Deportes)