Fox Sports had a mixed bag for its two bowl games this season. Fox aired Cal’s win over Illinois in the Redbox Bowl on Monday afternoon, drawing 1.87 million viewers. That is the game’s lowest figure since ESPN2 drew 1.07 million viewers for Arizona State-Navy when it was the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl back in ’12. Meanwhile, FS1 drew 2.5 million viewers for Iowa’s win over USC in the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl last Friday night, marking the game’s best mark yet on the cable network and also FS1’s third-best college football game audience on record.
EL FIN: Univision and TUDN on Sunday night averaged 3.3 million viewers for the second leg of the Liga MX Apertura title game between Chivas and Club America. That is the best audience for any Apertura (fall season) game in Liga MX since ’16 and the best club soccer audience on U.S. TV for all of ’19. Meanwhile, last Thursday, the first leg of the matchup drew a total audience of 1.5 million viewers on FS1 and Fox Deportes. It was the first Liga MX finale ever to air on Fox Deportes.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| "SNF": 49ers-Seahawks |
12/29
|
NBC
|
8:23-11:28pm
|
12.5
|
22,846
|
CFP semifinal: PlayStation Fiesta Bowl:
Clemson-Ohio State |
12/28
|
ESPN/ESPN2/
ESPNU/ESPNews
|
8:17pm-12:08am
|
n/a
|
21,151
|
| NFL: Redskins-Cowboys (74%) |
12/29
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:45pm
|
11.6
|
20,996
|
CFP semifinal: Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl:
LSU-Oklahoma |
12/28
|
ESPN/ESPN2/
ESPNU/ESPNews
|
4:20-7:48pm
|
n/a
|
17,214
|
NFL: Chargers-Chiefs (55%);
Dolphins-Patriots (36%) |
12/29
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
8.5
|
14,901
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/29
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
8.3
|
14,426
|
| "MNF": Packers-Vikings |
12/23
|
ESPN
|
8:13-11:28pm
|
7.8
|
13,566
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/29
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:45pm
|
7.5
|
12,531
|
| NBA: Clippers-Lakers |
12/25
|
ABC/ESPN
|
8:00-10:39pm
|
n/a
|
8,769
|
| "Football Night in America" |
12/29
|
NBC
|
7:27-8:14pm
|
4.3
|
7,605
|
| NBA: Rockets-Warriors |
12/25
|
ABC
|
5:00-7:30pm
|
3.2
|
6,550
|
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic:
Penn State-Memphis |
12/28
|
ESPN
|
12:00-3:46pm
|
3.8
|
6,220
|
| NBA: Bucks-76ers |
12/25
|
ABC
|
2:30-5:00pm
|
2.8
|
5,482
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/29
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
3.3
|
5,355
|
Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl:
Texas A&M-Oklahoma State |
12/27
|
ESPN
|
6:48-10:04pm
|
2.8
|
4,895
|
| Camping World Bowl: Notre Dame-Iowa State |
12/28
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:30pm
|
2.7
|
4,165
|
New Era Pinstripe Bowl:
Michigan State-Wake Forest |
12/27
|
ESPN
|
3:24-6:48pm
|
2.3
|
3,795
|
| "The NFL Today" |
12/29
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
2.1
|
3,350
|
| NBA: Celtics-Raptors |
12/25
|
ESPN
|
12:12-2:34pm
|
1.8
|
3,324
|
Liga MX: Apertura final:
Leg 2: Chivas-Club America |
12/29
|
Univision/
TUDN
|
8:45pm-12:33am
|
n/a
|
3,300
|
| Quick Lane Bowl: Pitt-Eastern Michigan |
12/26
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:47pm
|
1.8
|
3,045
|
| Cheez-It Bowl: Washington State-Air Force |
12/27
|
ESPN
|
10:16pm-1:38am
|
1.6
|
2,617
|
San Diego County Credit Union
Holiday Bowl:
Iowa-USC |
12/27
|
FS1
|
8:01-11:50pm
|
1.3
|
2,500
|
| College basketball: Louisville-Kentucky |
12/28
|
CBS
|
3:45-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
2,047
|
| Redbox Bowl: Cal-Illinois |
12/30
|
Fox
|
4:00-7:15pm
|
n/a
|
1,868
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
12/29
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,297
|
| College basketball: Wisconsin-Tennessee |
12/28
|
CBS
|
1:30-3:45pm
|
0.6
|
889
|
| EPL: Tottenham-Norwich City |
12/28
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
799
|
| EPL: Manchester United-Burnley |
12/28
|
NBC
|
2:40-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
778
|
| Bowling: Bowlero Elite Series (taped) |
12/29
|
NBC
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
538
|
| Drone Racing League (taped) |
12/29
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.3
|
504
|
| Red Bull Signature Series (taped) |
12/28
|
Fox
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.3
|
423
|
| College basketball: Kansas-Stanford |
12/29
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:15pm
|
0.3
|
397
|
