ESPN on Sunday night drew 1.76 million viewers for the annual Little League Classic from Williamsport, Pa., which featured Cubs-Pirates this year. Last year, Mets-Phillies drew 1.63 million viewers, while the first iteration of the event in ’17, which featured Pirates-Cardinals, drew 1.78 million viewers.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFL preseason: Seahawks-Vikings |
8/18
|
Fox
|
8:11-11:00pm
|
3.2
|
5,302
|
| NFL preseason: Saints-Chargers |
8/18
|
CBS
|
4:00-7:00pm
|
2.5
|
3,930
|
| PGA Tour: BMW Championship: final round |
8/18
|
NBC
|
2:00-6:00pm
|
2.1
|
3,150
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race (Bristol) |
8/17
|
NBCSN
|
7:57-10:52pm
|
1.5
|
2,503
|
| NFL preseason: Raiders-Cardinals |
8/15
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:19pm
|
1.5
|
2,397
|
| PGA Tour: BMW Championship: third round |
8/17
|
NBC
|
3:00-7:00pm
|
1.7
|
2,393
|
| MLB: Cubs-Pirates (Little League Classic) |
8/18
|
ESPN
|
7:00-10:34pm
|
1.1
|
1,763
|
| NFL preseason: Chiefs-Steelers |
8/17
|
NFL Net
|
8:30-10:00pm
|
1.0
|
1,660
|
Little League World Series:
Barrington (RI)-Bowling Green East (KY) |
8/17
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:30pm
|
1.0
|
1,444
|
| Little League World Series: Mexico-Japan |
8/18
|
ESPN
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,252
|
Little League World Series:
Central East Maui (HI)-Elizabeth (NJ) |
8/18
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:45pm
|
0.8
|
1,247
|
| NFL preseason: Browns-Colts |
8/17
|
NFL Net
|
4:00-7:11pm
|
0.8
|
1,203
|
| Liga MX: Monarcas-Club America |
8/17
|
Univision
|
10:01pm-12:07am
|
0.6
|
1,200
|
Little League World Series:
Coon Rapids (MN)-South Riding (VA) |
8/18
|
ESPN
|
11:00am-1:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,188
|
| Copa de Campeones: Atlanta United-Club America |
8/14
|
Univision
|
7:30-10:03pm
|
0.6
|
1,156
|
| NFL preseason: Cowboys-Rams |
8/17
|
NFL Net
|
10:00pm-1:19am
|
0.7
|
1,125
|
| PGA Tour: BMW Championship: final round (early) |
8/18
|
Golf Channel
|
12:00-1:55pm
|
0.7
|
1,122
|
| NFL preseason: Bears-Giants |
8/16
|
NFL Net
|
7:30-10:38pm
|
0.6
|
1,054
|
| EPL: Tottenham-Manchester City |
8/17
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:45pm
|
0.7
|
1,040
|
| Liga MX: Chivas-Leon |
8/17
|
Univision
|
7:55-10:01pm
|
0.5
|
984
|
| Basketball: Big3 (Dallas) |
8/17
|
CBS
|
3:00-6:15pm
|
0.4
|
486
|
| Golf: U.S. Amateur: championship |
8/18
|
Fox
|
3:30-6:15pm
|
0.2
|
310
|
