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The recently-completed UFL regular season averaged 686,000 viewers across the ESPN family of networks (which now includes NFL Network), up 8% from last year. The ESPN networks accounted for nine of the ten most-watched games — with ABC alone accounting for eight — the lone exception being the Louisville-Dallas game on FOX that followed the Indy 500.

FOX averaged 670,000 for its UFL coverage, up 4% from last year (646K).

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May 24, 2026 · FOX

Leading out of the Indianapolis 500, last Sunday’s Louisville-Dallas UFL regular season game averaged a 0.8 rating and 1.59 million viewers on FOX — the largest regular season audience in the three-year history of the league. Viewership increased 18% from last year’s Indy 500 lead-out, Houston-D.C. (1.35M).

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