The debut of the United Football League was not much of a draw last week.
Last Thursday’s California/Las Vegas game, the first game in UFL history, drew just 205,000 viewers on Versus. The game did not “crack Versus’ top 20,” and was not even among the top 5,000 programs of the week on cable.
To put that the numbers perspective, Versus drew 405,000 viewers for a Capitals/Bruins game earlier that week, and 268,000 viewers for the IRL season finale on Sunday.
Additionally, the 205,000 is lower than the regular season average for the WNBA on ESPN2 (269,000), MLS on ESPN2 (292,000, through 20 telecasts), and the English Premier League on ESPN2 (274,000, through 6 telecasts).
