The lone Gold Cup match on FOX scored the top English-language audience of the tournament. In other news, CBS saw an uptick for the return of Premier Boxing Champions, and viewership was mixed for the American Century Championship.
Gold Cup Hits English-Language High on FOX
- Last Saturday’s United States/Cuba CONCACAF Gold Cup match drew a 0.9 final rating and 1.5 million viewers on the FOX broadcast network, the largest audience of the tournament on an English-language network. The 0.9 rating is even with the 2013 USA/El Salvador semifinal, which also aired on FOX.
PBC on CBS Up From Previous Edition
- The latest edition of the Premier Boxing Champions earned a 0.8 final rating and 1.1 million viewers on CBS last Saturday, up a tick in ratings and 21% in viewership from the network’s previous telecast in June (0.7, 868K). The telecast earned the third-smallest PBC audience on broadcast television, ahead of only coverage on NBC in May (1.0M) and the aforementioned CBS telecast in June.
Celebrity Golf Mixed on NBC
- Coverage of the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament drew a 0.6 final rating and 876,000 viewers on NBC last Sunday, flat in ratings and up 1% in viewership from last year (0.6, 865K). The previous day’s coverage had a 0.5 and 699,000 — down a tick and 8%, respectively, from last year (0.6, 762K). Both telecasts were trounced head-to-head by British Open encore coverage on ABC.
(Wknd. numbers via Sports Business Daily)
