The hastily-scheduled BYU-Coastal Carolina football game on ESPNU averaged 1.2 million viewers on Saturday in the 5:30pm ET window, marking the network's best college football figure since Western Kentucky-LSU in '15. The audience on Saturday also was ESPNU's fifth-best CFB game on record. When bonus coverage on ESPN2 and streaming is included, the game had an audience of 1.43 million viewers.
BAYOU BLUES: CBS averaged 4.22 million viewers for Alabama's 55-17 win over LSU, marking the matchup's smallest audience in at least 15 years. The same game last year, which was a close 46-41 game of ranked opponents, averaged 16.6 million viewers (the best for the matchup since '11).
SUPER SEMIS: Univision and TUDN averaged 1.89 million viewers for the Leon-Chivas on Saturday night, marking the best Liga MX semifinal match on any network since Club America-Santos Laguna on May 13, 2018. Leon-Chivas also is the third-best soccer audience of any kind, and on any network, this year to date. On Sunday, the networks averaged 1.81 million viewers for UNAM Pumas-Cruz Azul, which is the fourth-best soccer audience on any network this year to date.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFL: Eagles-Packers |
12/6
|
CBS
|
4:37-7:40pm
|
19,231
|
| "Sunday Night Football: Broncos-Chiefs |
12/6
|
NBC
|
8:23-11:22pm
|
17,067
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
12/6
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:05pm
|
15,226
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/6
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:15pm
|
14,571
|
| "Monday Night Football": Seahawks-Eagles |
11/30
|
ESPN
|
8:14-11:34pm
|
11,376
|
| NFL: Ravens-Steelers* |
12/2
|
NBC
|
3:41-6:46pm
|
10,797
|
| College football: Alabama-LSU |
12/5
|
CBS
|
8:00-11:36pm
|
4,218
|
| College football: Ohio State-Michigan State |
12/5
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:46pm
|
4,110
|
| College football: Indiana-Wisconsin |
12/5
|
ABC
|
3:46-7:30pm
|
3,815
|
| College football: Florida-Tennessee |
12/5
|
CBS
|
3:32-7:15pm
|
3,416
|
| College football: Clemson-Virginia Tech |
12/5
|
ABC
|
7:36-10:55pm
|
3,377
|
| College football: Syracuse-Notre Dame |
12/5
|
NBC
|
2:42-6:00pm
|
2,843
|
| College football: Texas A&M-Auburn |
12/5
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:11pm
|
2,795
|
| College basketball: Michigan State-Duke |
12/1
|
ESPN
|
7:30-9:40pm
|
1,962
|
| Liga MX Apertura semifinal: Leon-Chivas: Leg 2 |
12/5
|
Univision/
TUDN
|
9:30pm-12:00am
|
1,891
|
| College football: Baylor-Oklahoma |
12/5
|
Fox
|
8:06-11:37pm
|
1,834
|
| Liga MX Apertura semifinal: UNAM-Cruz Azul |
12/6
|
Univision/
TUDN
|
8:00-10:39pm
|
1,814
|
| College basketball: Kansas-Kentucky |
12/1
|
ESPN
|
9:40pm-12:02am
|
1,765
|
| College football: Texas-Kansas State |
12/5
|
Fox
|
12:06-4:11pm
|
1,454
|
| Liga MX Apertura semifinal: Leon-Chivas: Leg 1 |
12/2
|
Univision/
TUDN
|
9:30pm-12:04am
|
1,407
|
| College basketball: West Virginia-Gonzaga |
12/2
|
ESPN
|
7:00-9:26pm
|
1,406
|
| "Monday Night Countdown" |
11/30
|
ESPN
|
6:00-7:00pm
|
1,403
|
| "College GameDay" |
12/5
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:01pm
|
1,393
|
| College football: Stanford-Washington |
12/5
|
Fox
|
4:11-7:30pm
|
1,296
|
| College football: West Virginia-Iowa State |
12/5
|
ESPN
|
3:30-6:55pm
|
1,217
|
| College football: BYU-Coastal Carolina |
12/5
|
ESPNU
|
5:28-8:56pm
|
1,212
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
12/6
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
1,110
|
| Premier League: Manchester United-West Ham |
12/5
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
882
|
MLS Western Conference Semifinal:
Minnesota United-Sporting KC |
12/3
|
Fox
|
8:26-10:36pm
|
855
|
| U.S. Ski & Snowboard (taped) |
12/6
|
NBC
|
5:22-6:00pm
|
659
|
| PGA Tour: Mayakoba Classic: final round |
12/6
|
NBC
|
1:00-5:22pm
|
590
|
2019 NCAA Basketball Championship replay:
Virginia-Texas Tech |
12/5
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
552
|
| MLS Eastern Conference Semifinals: Crew-Revolution |
12/6
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
457
|
NOTE: * = Moved off of Thanksgiving night due to COVID.
