The XFL is now averaging 1.87 million viewers through Week 5. The four games in Week 5 averaged 1.16 million viewers across Fox, ABC, ESPN and FS1, which is down 16% from Week 4 and down 63% from Week 1. Sunday’s games on ESPN and FS1 were the first to drop under 1 million viewers. ESPN in primetime averaged 833,000 viewers for Tampa Bay Vipers-L.A. Wildcats. Earlier in the 3:00pm ET window, FS1 averaged 767,000 viewers for St. Louis BattleHawks-DC Defenders. ABC and Fox on Saturday both had their least-watched XFL games to date.
DOWN ON TOBACCO ROAD: Duke's win over North Carolina on Saturday night averaged 2.23 million viewers on ESPN, marking the least-watched game in the matchup since the '11 ACC Championship, which drew 2.08 million on a Sunday afternoon. In terms of regular matchups for the longtime rivals, Saturday's game is the least-watched game in well over a decade.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NASCAR Cup Series: FanShield 500 (Phoenix) |
3/8
|
Fox
|
3:48-6:30pm
|
2.7
|
4,575
|
| NBA: Lakers-Clippers |
3/8
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:00pm
|
2.3
|
3,623
|
| PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational: final round |
3/8
|
NBC
|
2:33-6:15pm
|
1.7
|
2,592
|
| NBA: Bucks-Lakers |
3/6
|
ESPN
|
10:50pm-1:23am
|
1.6
|
2,432
|
| College basketball: North Carolina-Duke |
3/7
|
ESPN
|
6:02-8:07pm
|
1.4
|
2,232
|
| College basketball: Ohio State-Michigan State |
3/8
|
CBS
|
4:30-6:45pm
|
1.3
|
2,049
|
| NBA: 76ers-Warriors |
3/7
|
ABC
|
8:30-11:00pm
|
1.3
|
1,931
|
| NBA: Raptors-Warriors |
3/5
|
TNT
|
10:46pm-1:17am
|
1.2
|
1,857
|
| PGA Tour: Arnold Palmer Invitational: third round |
3/7
|
NBC
|
2:30-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
1,778
|
| College basketball: Kentucky-Florida |
3/7
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:15pm
|
1.0
|
1,548
|
| XFL: Seattle Dragons-Houston Roughnecks |
3/7
|
ABC
|
2:00-5:00pm
|
1.1
|
1,547
|
| NBA: Clippers-Rockets |
3/5
|
TNT
|
8:13-10:46pm
|
1.0
|
1,531
|
| NBA: Heat-Pelicans |
3/6
|
ESPN
|
8:13-10:50pm
|
1.0
|
1,513
|
| XFL: N.Y. Guardians-Dallas Renegades |
3/7
|
Fox
|
5:00-8:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,497
|
| NBA: Pelicans-Mavericks |
3/4
|
ESPN
|
9:34pm-12:11am
|
1.0
|
1,474
|
| NBA: 76ers-Lakers |
3/3
|
TNT
|
10:32pm-12:34am
|
1.0
|
1,448
|
Premier Boxing Champions:
Robert Helenius d. Adam Kownacki |
3/7
|
Fox
|
8:11-10:30pm
|
0.9
|
1,443
|
| College basketball: Michigan-Maryland |
3/8
|
Fox
|
12:04-2:30pm
|
0.9
|
1,361
|
| EPL: Manchester City-Manchester United |
3/8
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.9
|
1,338
|
| College basketball: Louisville-Virginia |
3/7
|
ESPN
|
4:04-6:02pm
|
0.8
|
1,209
|
| College basketball: N.C. State-Duke |
3/2
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:05pm
|
0.8
|
1,202
|
College basketball: MVC Championship:
Valparaiso-Bradley |
3/8
|
CBS
|
2:19-4:30pm
|
0.8
|
1,197
|
| UFC prelims |
3/7
|
ESPN
|
8:07-10:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,195
|
| Gymnastics: American Cup (women) |
3/7
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.8
|
1,141
|
College basketball: MWC Championship:
Utah State-San Diego State |
3/7
|
CBS
|
5:29-7:45pm
|
0.8
|
1,071
|
| College basketball: UCLA-USC |
3/7
|
CBS
|
3:15-5:29pm
|
0.7
|
1,063
|
| College basketball: Memphis-Houston |
3/8
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:19pm
|
0.7
|
1,018
|
| College basketball: Villanova-Georgetown |
3/7
|
Fox
|
12:04-2:38pm
|
0.4
|
683
|
| College basketball: Seton Hall-Creighton |
3/7
|
Fox
|
2:38-5:00pm
|
0.4
|
582
|
