Fox Sports 1 has earned its three largest soccer audiences for the Women’s World Cup. In other news, the latest USA men’s soccer friendly was a middle-of-the-road draw, and ESPN put up one of its better Wednesday Night Baseball audiences of the season.
Women’s World Cup Delivering FS1’s Top Soccer Audiences
- Tuesday’s Brazil/South Korea FIFA Women’s World Cup match earned 965,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1, the network’s second-largest soccer audience since rebranding from Speed Channel in 2013. Only USA/Australia the previous day earned a larger audience (3.3M). After just four days, the Women’s World Cup already accounts for the three largest soccer audiences on FS1 — USA/Australia, Brazil/South Korea and Monday’s Japan/Switzerland match (864K). (via ShowBuzz Daily [1], [2])
USA Men’s Friendly Middle-of-the-Road Draw on FS1
- The United States/Germany men’s soccer friendly drew 668,000 viewers on FS1 Wednesday afternoon, ranking fourth out of the seven USA matches this year, and second out of the four on FS1/FS2. The matches against Mexico in April (806K), Netherlands earlier this month (680K) and Panama in February (674K) each drew a larger audience. (via ShowBuzz Daily)
ESPN Scores Solid Numbers For Red Sox/Orioles
- The Red Sox/Orioles Wednesday Night Baseball game drew 620,000 viewers on ESPN, the network’s third-largest Wednesday night audience of the season (10 telecasts). Only Cardinals/Nationals in April (683K) and Mets/Cubs in May (667K) attracted more viewers. (via ShowBuzz Daily)
