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Audience Analysis: Finales For Big3, LLWS See Gains Compared To '17

The Big3 finale this past Friday night on Fox drew just over 1 million viewers, up compared to 787,000 viewers last year, when the event aired on a Saturday afternoon. Fox Sports Go also had an average minute audience of 2,197 viewers on Friday night.

NOTES: Bryson DeChambeau's win at The Northern Trust drew 2.75 million viewers on CBS this past Sunday, down 12% compared last year’s telecast of the opening event in the PGA Tour's FedExCup Playoffs (3.14 million viewers). Tiger Woods finished the event tied for 40th. Meanwhile, ABC averaged 3.25 million viewers for Hawaii's win over South Korea in the Little League World Series Championship on Sunday afternoon, up 25% from Japan-Texas last year (2.61 million viewers).

TELECAST
DATE
NET
TIME (ET)
RATING
VIEWERS
(000)
NFL Preseason: Cardinals-Cowboys
8/26
NBC
8:15-11:00pm
4.4
7,172
NFL Preseason: Eagles-Browns
8/23
Fox
8:23-11:00pm
4.2
6,495
NFL Preseason: Bengals-Bills
8/26
Fox
4:00-7:00pm
2.5
3,979
NFL Preseason: Saints-Chargers
8/25
CBS
8:00-10:46pm
2.2
3,402
Little League World Series:
World Championship: Hawaii-South Korea
8/26
ABC
3:00-5:45pm
2.1
3,248
NFL Preseason: Lions-Buccaneers*
8/24
CBS
8:56-11:37pm
2.1
3,211
PGA Tour: The Northern Trust: Final Round
8/26
CBS
2:00-6:15pm
1.9
2,746
NFL preseason: Ravens-Colts
8/20
ESPN
8:00-11:24pm
2.3
2,656
Little League World Series:
U.S. Championship: Hawaii-Georgia
8/25
ABC
3:30-6:30pm
1.7
2,488
PGA Tour: The Northern Trust: Third Round
8/25
CBS
3:00-6:00pm
1.4
2,059
Little League World Series:
Int'l Championship: South Korea-Japan
8/25
ABC
12:30-3:30pm
1.2
1,687
MLB: Yankees-Orioles
8/26
ESPN
8:00-11:27pm
1.3
1,415
Little League World Series: Pool Play:
New York-Georgia
8/23
ESPN
7:00-9:02pm
1.3
1,376
NFL preseason: Titans-Steelers
8/25
NFL Net
4:05-6:59pm
0.8
1,373
Little League World Series:
Pool Play: Hawaii-New York
8/22
ESPN
7:30-9:31pm
1.2
1,293
Little League World Series:
Pool Play: Georgia-Texas
8/20
ESPN2
8:06-11:05pm
1.1
1,269
Big3 Championship
8/24
Fox
8:00-11:00pm
0.7
1,004
NFL preseason: Chiefs-Bears
8/25
NFL Net
1:00-3:58pm
0.6
994
PGA Tour: The Northern Trust:
Final Round (early coverage)
8/26
Golf
Channel
11:58am-1:45pm
0.7
955
Little League World Series:
Pool Play: Michigan-Iowa
8/20
ESPN
3:09-5:07pm
1.0
944
Liga MX: Club America-UNAM Pumas
8/25
Univision
7:55-10:01pm
0.5
932
NASCAR Xfinity Series:
Johnsonville 180 (Road America)
8/25
NBCSN
3:28-5:50pm
0.6
901
EPL: Brighton & Hove Albion-Liverpool
8/25
NBC
12:30-2:30pm
0.6
831
"World Surf League: Pro Preview"
8/26
CBS
1:00-2:00pm
0.6
788
Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Travers Stakes
8/25
NBC
4:00-6:00pm
0.5
721
"World of X Games: Real Moto"
8/26
ABC
1:00-2:00pm
0.5
595
Liga MX: Atlas-Chivas
8/24
UniMas
9:55pm-12:02am
0.3
534
Liga MX: Necaxa-Tigres UANL
8/25
Univision
10:01pm-12:00am
0.3
495
U.S. Open: Arthur Ashe Kids' Day
8/26
ABC
2:00-3:00pm
0.4
480
Liga MX: Leon-Club America
8/22
UniMas
7:55-10:00pm
0.2
396
Bundesliga: Dortmund-Leipzig
8/26
Fox
12:00-2:00pm
0.3
395

NOTE: * = Game was delayed an hour due to inclement weather

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