Ratings and viewership dropped for the UEFA Champions League Final last week, but remained among the best for the event.
The Chelsea/Bayern Munich UEFA Champions League Final drew a 1.1 final rating and 2.0 million viewers on FOX last Saturday afternoon, down 15% in ratings and 23% in viewership from Barcelona/Manchester United last year (1.3, 2.581M), and up 10% and 23%, respectively, from Inter Milan/Bayern Munich in 2010 (1.0, 1.627M).
The telecast ranks as the second-most viewed UEFA Champions League Final ever in the U.S., according to Fox Sports.
Saturday’s match outdrew the Rangers/Devils Stanley Cup playoff game on NBC earlier in the day (1.0, 1.499M), and drew the same rating as third round coverage of the PGA Tour Byron Nelson Championship on CBS (1.1).
(Saturday’s numbers from Fox Sports Media Group press release, with additional information from Sports Business Daily)
