ESPN scored one of the largest college basketball audiences of the young season for Wednesday’s top five clash between Duke and Wisconsin. In other news, Liga MX on the Univision topped the EPL on NBC, and the NBA’s Spurs led the league in local ratings last month.
Duke/Wisconsin Strong on ESPN
- Wednesday’s Duke/Wisconsin college basketball game, part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, drew 2.6 million viewers on ESPN — up 16% from North Carolina/Michigan State last year (2.2M) and the second-most watched game of the young season. Only Kansas/Kentucky in the Champions Classic earned a larger audience (2.7M). Iowa/North Carolina drew 1.4 million earlier in the night, up 23% from last year’s Maryland/Ohio State game (1.1M). (via TV By the Numbers)
Liga MX on Univision Tops EPL on NBC
- The 2014 Liga MX Apertura regular season averaged 847,000 viewers on Univision and 801,000 on UniMas, up 1% and 29%, respectively, from last year. Both Univision and UniMas topped the English Premier League on the NBC broadcast network, with the caveat that the comparison is to the completed 2013-14 season and not the ongoing 2014-15 campaign. (Univision)
Spurs Top NBA’s Local Ratings Race in November
- San Antonio Spurs regular season NBA games averaged an 8.0 rating on Fox Sports Southwest last month, marking the team’s highest rated November ever on the network. The previous high was set in 2007, the last time the team was the defending NBA champion. The Spurs led all NBA teams during the month, with the Cavaliers (7.2) and Heat (6.2) ranking second and third. (nba.com/spurs)
