A high-profile ACC match-up gave ESPN good numbers last Saturday afternoon. In other news, NBCSN again generated one of the largest EPL audiences ever on cable, and the FCS football championship improved over the past couple of years.
Louisville/UNC Up Double-Digits on ESPN
- Last Saturday’s Louisville/North Carolina college basketball game drew a 1.2 final rating and 1.7 million viewers on ESPN, up 20% in ratings and 25% in viewership from Kansas State/Kansas last year (1.0, 1.4M) and up 20% and 14%, respectively, from North Carolina/Florida State in 2013 (1.0, 1.5M). Ohio State/Indiana earlier in the day drew a 1.1 and 1.5 million — down a tick in ratings and 12% in viewership from North Carolina/Syracuse last year (1.2, 1.7M) and down 27% and 30%, respectively, from Duke/N.C. State in 2013 (1.5, 2.2M). (via Awful Announcing)
NBCSN Earns Another Top Ten EPL Audience
- NBCSN earned a 0.4 final rating and 801,000 viewers for Sunday’s Manchester United/Southampton English Premier League match, up a tick in ratings and 56% in viewership from Liverpool/Stoke City last year (0.3, 512K), and the ninth-largest EPL audience ever on U.S. cable television. Four of the ten largest audiences have taken place during the 2014-15 season. Ratings and viewership were not immediately available for NBC’s Crystal Palace/Tottenham telecast. (Via Awful Announcing)
Solid Increase For FCS Championship
- The North Dakota State/Illinois State FCS college football championship game drew a 1.0 final rating and 1.4 million viewers on ESPN2 last Saturday afternoon, up 25% in ratings and 16% in viewership from NDSU/Towson last year (0.8, 1.2M), and up 43% and 31%, respectively, from NDSU/Sam Houston State in 2013 (0.7, 1.1M). (via Sports Business Daily)
