The final match for USA soccer star Abby Wambach set a viewership mark on Fox Sports 1. In other news, the Liga MX final scored declined from previous years, and ESPN posted a pair of increases for college basketball last Saturday.
Wambach Farewell Sets FS1 Mark
- Wednesday’s United States/China women’s soccer friendly, the final match for USA F Abby Wambach, drew a 0.4 final rating and 709,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1 — the network’s largest audience ever for a women’s soccer match outside of the World Cup (dates back to 2013). (Fox Sports, TV Media Insights)
Liga MX Final Dips
- The second leg of the Pumas/Tigres Liga MX Apertura final drew a 1.3 final rating and 2.8 million viewers on UniMas and Univision Deportes Network Sunday night, down a tick in ratings and 6% in viewership from Club America/Tigres last year (1.4, 3.0M) and down 24% and 15%, respectively, from Leon/Club America in 2013 (1.7, 3.3M), both of which aired on Univision. The first leg last Thursday had a 0.6 and 1.2 million on UDN alone, down 46% in ratings and 45% in viewership from last year on UniMas (1.1, 2.2M) and down 57% and 55%, respectively, from 2013 on Telemundo (1.4, 2.8M) (via TVMI [1], [2])
ESPN Posts Gains For Saturday Hoops
- Saturday’s North Carolina/Texas college basketball game scored 1.3 million viewers on ESPN, up 21% from Michigan/Arizona last year (1.0M) but down 54% from Kentucky/North Carolina in 2013 (2.7M). Arizona State/Kentucky had 1.1 million earlier in the day, up 9% from Utah/Kansas last year (1.0M) and down 9% from Notre Dame/Indiana in 2013 (1.2M). (via ShowBuzz Daily)
