Overnight ratings increased substantially for coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final on FOX.
Saturday’s Barcelona/Manchester United match earned a 1.8 overnight rating on FOX, up 64% from last year’s Inter Milan/Bayern Munich match (1.1), and up 80% from Manchester United/Barcelona on ESPN in 2009 (1.0).
The Champions League Final topped last year’s MLS Cup on ESPN by a whopping 260% (COL/DAL: 0.5). In addition, the match drew a higher overnight than every Stanley Cup Playoff telecast on NBC this season.
(This year’s numbers from USA Today)
