Fox on Saturday night drew just under 2 million viewers for "UFC on Fox 24," marking the net's second-lowest audience for a UFC card since it began airing telecasts for the MMA outfit in late '11. The primetime telecast, which featured a card headlined by Demetrious Johnson's defeat of Wilson Reis, was down sharply from last spring's UFC on Fox telecast, which drew 2.49 million viewers for a card headlined by Rashad Evans-Glover Teixeira. Despite the drop, the UFC card still finished ahead of competition from Game 2 of the Predators-Blackhawks Western Conference Quarterfinals on NBC. However, it was well below the 3.16 million viewers for Game 1 of the Grizzlies-Spurs Western Conference First Round series on ESPN.
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AUDIENCE FOR SPRING UFC ON FOX PRIMETIME TELECASTS
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#
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DATE
|
HEADLINE FIGHT
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
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3
|
5/5/12
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Nate Diaz-Jim Miller
|
2,418
|
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7
|
4/20/13
|
Benson Henderson-Gilbert Melendez
|
3,742
|
|
11
|
4/19/14
|
Travis Browne-Fabricio Werdum
|
2,529
|
|
15
|
4/18/15
|
Luke Rockhold-Lyoto Machida
|
2,745
|
|
19
|
4/16/16
|
Rashad Evans-Glover Teixeira
|
2,487
|
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24
|
4/16/17
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Demetrious Johnson-Wilson Reis
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1,996
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The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Trail Blazers-Warriors: Game 1 |
4/16
|
ABC
|
3:29-6:09pm
|
3.7
|
6,519
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Thunder-Rockets: Game 1 |
4/16
|
TNT
|
9:17-11:43pm
|
3.0
|
5,161
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Bulls-Celtics: Game 1 |
4/16
|
TNT
|
6:40-9:17pm
|
2.9
|
5,138
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Pacers-Cavaliers: Game 1 |
4/15
|
ABC
|
2:59-5:37pm
|
2.5
|
4,036
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Grizzlies-Spurs: Game 1 |
4/15
|
ESPN
|
8:03-10:39pm
|
1.9
|
3,156
|
NBA Western Conference First Round:
Jazz-Clippers: Game 1 |
4/15
|
ESPN
|
10:39pm-1:12am
|
1.8
|
2,910
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Bucks-Raptors: Game 1 |
4/15
|
ESPN
|
5:30-8:03pm
|
1.6
|
2,592
|
NBA Eastern Conference First Round:
Hawks-Wizards: Game 1 |
4/16
|
TNT
|
1:09-3:52pm
|
1.5
|
2,581
|
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Final Round |
4/16
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.4
|
2,274
|
"UFC on Fox 24":
Demetrious Johnson def. Wilson Reis |
4/15
|
Fox
|
8:00-10:24pm
|
1.2
|
1,996
|
| MLB: Dodgers-Cubs |
4/10
|
ESPN
|
10:00pm-1:40am
|
n/a
|
1,817
|
| MLB: Cardinals-Yankees |
4/16
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:26pm
|
1.1
|
1,759
|
NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals:
Predators-Blackhawks: Game 2 |
4/15
|
NBC
|
8:09-11:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,675
|
| PGA Tour: RBC Heritage: Third Round |
4/15
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
1,543
|
NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals:
Wild-Blues: Game 3 |
4/16
|
NBC
|
3:15-6:15pm
|
0.9
|
1,542
|
NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals:
Bruins-Senators: Game 2 |
4/15
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:15pm
|
0.7
|
1,120
|
| UFC Prelims |
4/15
|
Fox
|
6:00-8:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,105
|
| NBA: Rockets-Clippers |
4/10
|
TNT
|
10:43pm-1:12am
|
n/a
|
1,076
|
| Liga MX: Club America-Queretaro |
4/15
|
Univision
|
9:55pm-12:00am
|
0.5
|
1,070
|
| NBA: Hawks-Pacers |
4/12
|
ESPN
|
8:01-10:35pm
|
n/a
|
1,050
|
| Liga MX: Tigres UANL-Chivas |
4/11
|
UniMas
|
9:55-11:58pm
|
0.5
|
968
|
| Liga MX: Club America-Necaxa |
4/12
|
UniMas
|
9:55pm-12:00am
|
0.5
|
889
|
| Liga MX: Tigres UNAL-Pumas UNAM |
4/15
|
Univision
|
7:55-9:55pm
|
0.4
|
761
|
| "World of X Games: Baltic Ski" |
4/15
|
ABC
|
1:30-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
652
|
| "World of X Games: Bike Project" |
4/15
|
ABC
|
2:00-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
622
|
| "Red Bull Crashed Ice" |
4/16
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
598
|
| MLS: Orlando City SC-Galaxy |
4/15
|
Fox
|
2:45-5:00pm
|
0.3
|
346
|
| EPL: Manchester City-Southampton |
4/15
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
326
|
