Spike TV last Friday averaged 1.58 million viewers for the Kimbo Slice-Ken Shamrock bout, marking the most-viewed Bellator MMA fight ever on the net. It also was the second-most-viewed sports telecast on all of cable TV for the week ending June 21. Meanwhile, NBC averaged 2.89 million viewers on Saturday night for "Premier Boxing Champions" from 8:30-11:01pm ET which featured Shawn Porter-Adrien Broner. The fight averaged 943,000 viewers among adults 18-49, coming close to what it drew on Saturday for the U.S. Open (1.07 million viewers from 8:30-10:44pm).
The charts below list final audience figures from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NBA Finals: Warriors-Cavaliers: Game 6 |
6/16
|
ABC
|
9:00pm-12:00am
|
13.4
|
23,254
|
NHL Stanley Cup Final: Game 6:
Blackhawks-Lightning |
6/15
|
NBC
|
8:08-11:16pm
|
4.4
|
8,005
|
| U.S. Open: Final Round |
6/21
|
Fox
|
2:00-10:45pm
|
4.2
|
6,700
|
| FIFA Women's World Cup: U.S.-Nigeria |
6/16
|
Fox
|
7:43-10:00pm
|
2.8
|
5,043
|
| U.S. Open: Third Round |
6/20
|
Fox
|
2:00-10:45pm
|
2.8
|
4,200
|
| U.S. Open: First Round |
6/18
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:09pm
|
1.9
|
3,002
|
| U.S. Open: Second Round |
6/19
|
Fox
|
8:00-11:14pm
|
1.9
|
2,889
|
| Premier Boxing Champions |
6/20
|
NBC
|
8:30-11:01pm
|
1.5
|
2,327
|
| Premier Boxing Champions |
6/21
|
CBS
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
868
|
| "ESPN Sports Saturday" |
6/20
|
ABC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
867
|
| Volleyball: FIVB Grand Slam (St. Pete) |
6/21
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
786
|
| "E:60 Pictures: WWE Behind The Curtain" |
6/21
|
ABC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
704
|
| Global Rally Cross |
6/21
|
NBC
|
2:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
588
|
| Volleyball: FIVB Grand Slam (St. Pete) |
6/20
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.4
|
575
|
| Dew Tour: Chicago Skate Streetstyle |
6/20
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
556
|
| "World of X Games: Best of Austin" |
6/20
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
434
|
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| U.S. Open: Second Round |
6/19
|
FS1
|
12:00-8:00pm
|
1.2
|
1,612
|
| Bellator MMA Live |
6/19
|
Spike
|
9:01pm-12:03am
|
0.9
|
1,580
|
| U.S. Open: First Round |
6/18
|
FS1
|
12:00-8:00pm
|
1.1
|
1,539
|
| MLB: Giants-Dodgers |
6/21
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:16pm
|
0.9
|
1,383
|
| College World Series: LSU-TCU |
6/18
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:28pm
|
0.8
|
1,245
|
FIFA Women's World Cup:
Canada-Switzerland |
6/21
|
FS1
|
7:08-9:30pm
|
0.6
|
1,175
|
| College World Series: Virginia-Florida |
6/20
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:16pm
|
0.7
|
1,085
|
FIFA Women's World Cup:
China-Cameroon |
6/20
|
FS1
|
7:20-9:35pm
|
0.5
|
1,045
|
FIFA Women's World Cup:
France-South Korea |
6/21
|
FS1
|
3:51-5:59pm
|
0.6
|
1,000
|
FIFA Women's World Cup:
Germany-Sweden |
6/20
|
FS1
|
3:50-5:54pm
|
0.5
|
912
|
