Most-watched soccer games on US TV for December 3-9, 2019 Last Saturday’s Manchester Derby on NBCSN and Telemundo averaged a combined 999,000 viewers, delivering both network’s largest audience for a Premier League match since Manchester City battled Liverpool in early November. Given it was televised on NBCSN and not the over-the-air NBC network, it was not surprisingly the least-watched Manchester Derby to be played on a weekend since September 10, 2016, and down 9% from 1.1 million viewers for the same fixture last season. Univision’s broadcasts of their three Liga MX Semifinal matches averaged 1.4 million viewers, down 17% from the semifinals of last year’s Apertura which featured a matchup between Club América and Tigres. To add more context to Univision’s broadcast of the Club America-Morelia match, it made TUDN the No. 1 sports network in prime on Sunday among total viewers. FOX Deportes also saw a drop in viewership for their one Liga MX Semifinal broadcast this Apertura from 825,000 viewers for Monterrey’s home match against Cruz Azul last year to 657,000 for Monterrey’s home match against Necaxa this year. Rank Date Competition Teams Network Total 1 12/5 Liga MX Apertura Liguilla Morelia / América Univision: 1800000 1,800,000 2 12/7 Liga MX Apertura Liguilla Necaxa / Monterrey Univision: 1300000 1,300,000 3 12/8 Liga MX Apertura Liguilla América / Morelia Univision: 1100000 1,100,000 4 12/7 Premier League Man City / Man Utd NBCSN: 675000 / Telemundo: 324000 999,000 5 12/4 Liga MX Apertura Liguilla Monterrey / Necaxa FOXD: 657000 657,000 6 12/7 Premier League Bournemouth / Liverpool NBCSN: 526000 / Universo: 72000 598,000 7 12/8 Premier League Brighton / Wolves NBCSN: 323000 / Telemundo: 243000 566,000 8 12/4 Premier League Man Utd / Spurs NBCSN: 291000 / Universo: 53000 344,000 9 12/8 Premier League Aston Villa / Leicester City NBCSN: 311000 311,000 10 12/7 Premier League Everton / Chelsea NBCSN: 275000 275,000 11 12/9 Premier League West Ham / Arsenal NBCSN: 184000 184,000 12 12/5 Premier League Arsenal / Brighton NBCSN: 173000 173,000 13 12/3 Premier League Burnley / Man City NBCSN: 133000 133,000 14 12/7 Bundesliga Mönchengladbach / Bayern TUDN: 93000 93,000 15 12/8 Bundesliga Bremen / Paderborn TUDN: 29000 29,000 16 12/6 Bundesliga Frankfurt / Hertha Berlin TUDN: 12000 12,000 HT ShowBuzz Daily
Last Saturday’s Manchester Derby on NBCSN and Telemundo averaged a combined 999,000 viewers, delivering both network’s largest audience for a Premier League match since Manchester City battled Liverpool in early November. Given it was televised on NBCSN and not the over-the-air NBC network, it was not surprisingly the least-watched Manchester Derby to be played on a weekend since September 10, 2016, and down 9% from 1.1 million viewers for the same fixture last season. Univision’s broadcasts of their three Liga MX Semifinal matches averaged 1.4 million viewers, down 17% from the semifinals of last year’s Apertura which featured a matchup between Club América and Tigres. To add more context to Univision’s broadcast of the Club America-Morelia match, it made TUDN the No. 1 sports network in prime on Sunday among total viewers. FOX Deportes also saw a drop in viewership for their one Liga MX Semifinal broadcast this Apertura from 825,000 viewers for Monterrey’s home match against Cruz ...