NBC on Saturday drew 1.35 million viewers for the EPL Chelsea-Manchester City match. That figure marks the third-best EPL audience in U.S. TV history. NBC over the last five months has aired three of the four most-viewed EPL matches on record in the U.S....CSN Chicago averaged a 4.81 local rating for Bulls games through January, up 65% compared to the same period last season. Bulls G Derrick Rose suffered a season-ending injury last season on Nov. 22, 2013....Fox and FS1 are averaging 139,000 viewers for college hoops games this season to date, up 43% from 97,000 viewers at the same point last season.
The charts below list final audience figures for recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| Super Bowl XLIX: Patriots-Seahawks |
2/1
|
NBC
|
6:31-10:10pm
|
114,442
|
| "Super Bowl Pregame Show" |
2/1
|
NBC
|
12:00-6:00pm
|
14,000
|
| "NFL Honors" |
1/31
|
NBC
|
9:00-11:00pm
|
4,669
|
PGA Tour: Waste Management
Phoenix Open:
Third Round |
2/1
|
CBS
|
3:22-6:00pm
|
3,551
|
| College basketball: Michigan-Michigan State |
2/1
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:22pm
|
2,402
|
PGA Tour: Waste Management
Phoenix Open:
Third Round |
1/31
|
CBS
|
3:14-6:00pm
|
2,091
|
| "Cris Collinsworth Special" |
1/31
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1,600
|
| EPL: Chelsea-Manchester City |
1/31
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
1,300
|
| College basketball: Arkansas-Florida |
1/31
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:14pm
|
1,071
|
| Liga MX: Club America-Tigres UANL |
1/31
|
Univision
|
5:55-8:00pm
|
1,023
|
| "Road to the Super Bowl" |
1/31
|
NBC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
1,000
|
| Smuckers Skating Special |
1/31
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
862
|
| Liga MX: Chivas de Guadalajara-Pachuca |
1/31
|
UniMas
|
7:49-10:02pm
|
735
|
| "EPL Live" |
1/31
|
NBC
|
12:00-12:30pm
|
733
|
| "NCAA Men of March: Jay Wright" |
1/31
|
CBS
|
12:30-1:00pm
|
474
|
| Soccer friendly: Chile-U.S. |
1/28
|
UniMas
|
6:00-8:08pm
|
474
|
| Liga MX: Leon-Chiapas |
1/31
|
Telemundo
|
9:00-11:05pm
|
403
|
| Liga MX: Tijuana-Monarcas Morelia |
1/30
|
Azateca
|
10:26pm-12:28pm
|
397
|
| College basketball: Providence-St. John's |
1/31
|
Fox
|
12:00-2:15pm
|
353
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| College basketball: Duke-Virginia |
1/31
|
ESPN
|
6:58-9:00pm
|
3,489
|
| College basketball: North Carolina-Louisville |
1/31
|
ESPN
|
4:10-6:44pm
|
2,629
|
| College basketball: Syracuse-North Carolina |
1/26
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:03pm
|
1,848
|
| College basketball: Duke-Notre Dame |
1/28
|
ESPN2
|
7:30-9:32pm
|
1,816
|
| College basketball: Kentucky-Missouri |
1/29
|
ESPN
|
9:02-11:12pm
|
1,755
|
| NBA: Clippers-Spurs |
1/31
|
ESPN
|
9:00-11:38pm
|
1,685
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
2/1
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-2:00pm
|
1,618
|
| UFC Prelims |
1/31
|
FS1
|
8:00-10:00pm
|
1,546
|
| NBA: Bulls-Suns |
1/30
|
ESPN
|
10:35pm-1:04am
|
1,287
|
| NBA: Bulls-Lakers |
1/29
|
TNT
|
10:33pm-1:31am
|
1,238
|
