Dolphins-Chiefs on Nov. 5 helped provide a boost to NFL Net, as the game drew a record 9.2 million viewersgetty images
NFL Network saw a 13% uptick in viewership for its games from Europe this season. The four telecasts in the 9:30am ET window averaged 5.8 million viewers, up from 5.1 million for three games last year (there was an extra game from Germany this season). The Nov. 5 Dolphins-Chiefs game provided much of the lift, as that game’s 9.2 million viewers was a record for NFL Net from Europe. NFL Net finished its slate this past Sunday with Colts-Patriots from Frankfurt, which averaged 4.6 million.
CABLE KINGS: ESPN heads into the final weeks of the year as the No. 2 cable network in primetime, averaging 1.54 million viewers. That’s down 7% from the same point last year. Fox News is No. 1 with 1.83 million in primetime (that’s down 20%). For total-day viewership, ESPN has passed CNN for the No. 3 spot, averaging 627,000 viewers. That’s up around 1% from the same spot last year.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE |
NET(S) |
START (ET) |
VIEWERS
(000) |
| NFL: Cowboys-Giants (90%) |
11/12 |
Fox |
4:25pm |
21,733 |
| "Sunday Night Football": Jets-Raiders |
11/12 |
NBC |
8:23pm |
16,700 |
| NFL: (singleheader) |
11/12 |
CBS |
1:03pm |
16,269 |
| "Monday Night Football": Chargers-Jets |
11/6 |
ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 |
8:13pm |
14,498 |
| NFL: (regional) |
11/12 |
Fox |
1:03pm |
12,515 |
| "Thursday Night Football": Panthers-Bears |
11/9 |
Amazon |
8;15pm |
9,564 |
| College football: Michigan-Penn State |
11/11 |
Fox |
12:00pm |
9,156 |
| "Football Night in America" |
11/12 |
NBC |
7:30pm |
6,298 |
| College football: Utah-Washington |
11/11 |
Fox |
3:30pm |
5,174 |
| College football: Ole Miss-Georgia |
11/11 |
ESPN |
7:05pm |
4,834 |
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/12 |
Fox |
12:00pm |
4,665 |
| NFL: Colts-Patriots (Frankfurt) |
11/12 |
NFL Net |
9:33am |
4,586 |
| College football: Miami-Florida State |
11/11 |
ABC |
3:30pm |
4,143 |
| College football: Tennessee-Missouri |
11/11 |
CBS |
3:30pm |
3,617 |
| College football: Michigan State-Ohio State |
11/11 |
NBC |
7:34pm |
3,572 |
| College football: USC-Oregon |
11/11 |
Fox |
10:50pm |
3,013 |
| College football: Texas-TCU |
11/11 |
ABC |
7:39pm |
2,823 |
| "The NFL Today" |
11/12 |
CBS |
12:00pm |
2,801 |
| College football: Alabama-Kentucky |
11/11 |
ESPN |
12:06pm |
2,762 |
| College football: West Virginia-Oklahoma |
11/11 |
Fox |
7:09pm |
2,386 |
| "College GameDay" (Athens) |
11/11 |
ESPN/ESPNU |
9:00am |
2,258 |
| NBA: Lakers-Suns (In-Season Tournament) |
11/10 |
ESPN |
10:07pm |
1,929 |
| NBA: Warriors-Nuggets |
11/8 |
ESPN |
10:08pm |
1,852 |
| NBA: Spurs-Knicks |
11/8 |
ESPN |
7:42pm |
1,652 |
| College football: Georgia Tech-Clemson |
11/11 |
ABC |
12:01pm |
1,623 |
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
11/12 |
Fox |
11:00am |
1,409 |
| NBA: Nets-Celtics (In-Season Tournament) |
11/10 |
ESPN |
7:41pm |
1,408 |
| "Big Noon Kickoff" |
11/11 |
Fox |
10:00am |
1,387 |
| "Monday Night Countdown" |
11/6 |
ESPN |
6:00pm |
1,324 |
| College football: Virginia-Louisville |
11/9 |
ESPN |
7:30pm |
1,292 |
| College football: Oklahoma State-UCF |
11/11 |
ESPN |
3:30pm |
1,212 |
| College basketball: Arizona-Duke |
11/10 |
ESPN2 |
7:00pm |
1,193 |
| College football: Minnesota-Purdue |
11/11 |
NBC |
3:30pm |
1,166 |
| Liga MX: Club America-Tigres UANL |
11/11 |
Univision/TUDN |
10:02pm |
1,139 |
| "College Football Today" |
11/11 |
CBS |
3:00pm |
901 |
| Liga mX: Chivas-UNAM Pumas |
11/11 |
Univision/TUDN |
7:31pm |
841 |
| NWSL Championship: Gotham FC-OL Reign |
11/11 |
CBS |
8:08pm |
817 |
| Women's college basketball: UConn-N.C. State |
11/12 |
ABC |
3:00pm |
625 |
| Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix (China) |
11/12 |
NBC |
3:00pm |
606 |
| Premier League: Newcastle-Bournemouth |
11/11 |
NBC |
12:30pm |
527 |
| Women's college basketball: Maryland-South Carolina |
11/12 |
ABC |
1:00pm |
496 |
| "B1G Countdown" |
11/11 |
NBC |
3:00pm |
475 |
| MotoGP (Malaysia) |
11/12 |
NBC |
1:30pm |
284 |
