It was another US TV weekend dominated by Mexican soccer as Univision’s Liguilla coverage placed six matches in the top 8 most-viewed of the week. The Súper Clásico series between Club América and Club Deportivo Guadalajara helped boost Univision to its most-watched Quarterfinal round of the Liga MX playoffs ever. Sunday’s matchup delivered the largest ever audience for a Liga MX Quarterfinal game, on any network.
Over on the NBC broadcast network, 959,000 people watched Spurs lose their first game of the season, making it the second most-viewed match of the Premier League season thus far behind NBC’s season opener between Hull City and Manchester United on August 27. When factoring in the viewers on NBC Universo, the match averaged 1.004 million viewers, making it the second Premier League match of the season to average an audience larger than one million.
It was not all good news for NBC, however, as Sunday mornings clash between Watford and Stoke delivered only 58,000 viewers on CNBC, a low point for the League on television this season and only the second game to average less than 120,000 viewers.
The MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final between Colorado Rapids and Seattle Sounders saw a slight (9,000 viewers) increase over last year’s match between FC Dallas and the Portland Timbers. Thus far, MLS playoff viewership is down by approximately 10,000 viewers when compared to last season.
Here are the most-watched soccer games on US TV for November 22-29, 2016:
Rank
Home
Away
Competition
Date
TV1
TV2
Total
1
Chivas
América
Liga MX Liguilla
11/27/16
Univision; 2006000
UDN; 994000
3,000,000
2
América
Chivas
Liga MX Liguilla
11/24/16
Univision; 1716000
UDN; 1141000
2,857,000
3
Chelsea
Spurs
Premier League
11/26/16
NBC; 959000
Unvso; 45000
1,004,000
4
Tigres
Pumas
Liga MX Liguilla
11/26/16
—; —
UDN; 875000
875,000
5
Pumas
Tigres
Liga MX Liguilla
11/23/16
—; —
UDN; 852000
852,000
6
Necaxa
Pachuca
Liga MX Liguilla
11/24/16
—; —
UDN; 805000
805,000
7
Real Sociedad
Barcelona
La Liga
11/27/16
beIN; 186000
beIE; 469000
655,000
8
León
Tijuana
Liga MX Liguilla
11/23/16
—; —
UDN; 600000
600,000
9
Man Utd
West Ham
Premier League
11/27/16
NBCSN; 548000
—; —
548,000
10
Sunderland
Liverpool
Premier League
11/26/16
NBCSN; 536000
—; —
536,000
11
Real Madrid
Sporting
La Liga
11/26/16
beIN; 99000
beIE; 255000
354,000
12
Colorado Rapids
Seattle Sounders
MLS Conf Final
11/27/16
ESPN; 295000
—; —
295,000
13
Arsenal
Paris Saint Germain
UEFA CL
11/23/16
FS1; 291000
—; —
291,000
14
Arsenal
Bournemouth
Premier League
11/27/16
CNBC; 287000
—; —
287,000
15
Burnley
Man City
Premier League
11/26/16
NBCSN; 231000
Unvso; 47000
278,000
16
Man Utd
Feyenoord
UEFA EL
11/24/16
FS1; 253000
—; —
253,000
17
Sporting CP
Real Madrid
UEFA CL
11/22/16
FS2; 79000
FOXD; 169000
248,000
18
Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen
Bundesliga
11/26/16
FS2; 31000
FOXD; 179000
210,000
19
Sevilla
Valencia
La Liga
11/26/16
—; —
beIE; 148000
148,000
20
Osasuna
Atletico Madrid
La Liga
11/27/16
beIN; 22000
beIE; 119000
141,000
21
Monaco
Spurs
UEFA CL
11/22/16
FS1; 138000
—; —
138,000
22
Rostov
Bayern Munich
UEFA CL
11/23/16
FS1; 118000
—; —
118,000
23
Celta Vigo
Granada
La Liga
11/27/16
—; —
beIE; 109000
109,000
24
Crystal Palace
Swansea City
Premier League
11/26/16
CNBC; 105000
—; —
105,000
25
Southampton
Everton
Premier League
11/27/16
CNBC; 100000
—; —
100,000
26
Sparta Praha
Southampton
UEFA EL
11/24/16
FS1; 98000
—; —
98,000
27
Espanyol
Leganes
La Liga
11/26/16
; —
beIE; 83000
83,000
28
Fenerbahçe
Zorya
UEFA EL
11/24/16
FS1; 82000
—; —
82,000
29
CSKA Moscow
Bayer Leverkusen
UEFA CL
11/22/16
FS1; 79000
—; —
79,000
30
Schalke 04
Darmstadt
Bundesliga
11/27/16
FS1; 53000
FOXD; 21000
74,000
31
Besiktas
Benfica
UEFA CL
11/23/16
—; —
FOXD; 72000
72,000
32
United States
Mexico
U20 World Cup (W)
11/25/16
FS1; 67000
—; —
67,000
33
Watford
Stoke
Premier League
11/27/16
CNBC; 58000
—; —
58,000
34
Hertha Berlin
Mainz
Bundesliga
11/27/16
FS1; 38000
FOXD; 19000
57,000
35
Celtic
Barcelona
UEFA CL
11/23/16
FS2; 53000
—; —
53,000
36
Mönchengladbach
Man City
UEFA CL
11/23/16
—; —
FOXD; 53000
53,000
37
North Korea
Spain
U20 World Cup (W)
11/24/16
FS1; 53000
—; —
53,000
38
Hapoel
Inter Milan
UEFA EL
11/24/16
FS2; 41000
—; —
41,000
39
Freiburg
RB Leipzig
Bundesliga
11/25/16
FS2; 37000
—; —
37,000
40
Mönchengladbach
Hoffenheim
Bundesliga
11/26/16
; —
FOXD; 32000
32,000
41
Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia Dortmund
Bundesliga
11/26/16
FS2; 23000
—; —
23,000
42
Eibar
Real Betis
La Liga
11/25/16
—; —
beIE; 21000
21,000
43
Genoa
Juventus
Serie A
11/27/16
beIN; 21000
—; —
21,000
44
Zenit
Maccabi Tel Aviv
UEFA EL
11/24/16
FS2; 20000
—; —
20,000
45
Empoli
AC Milan
Serie A
11/26/16
beIN; 19000
—; —
19,000
46
Saint-Étienne
Mainz
UEFA EL
11/24/16
FS2; 18000
—; —
18,000
47
Boavista
Sporting CP
Primeira Liga
11/26/16
—; —
UDN; 18000
18,000
48
Japan
Brazil
U20 World Cup (W)
11/24/16
FS1; 17000
—; —
17,000
49
Las Palmas
Athletic Bilbao
La Liga
11/28/16
—; —
beIE; 16000
16,000
50
Inter Milan
Fiorentina
Serie A
11/28/16
beIN; 14000
—; —
14,000
51
Barnsley
Nottingham Forest
Championship
11/25/16
beIN; 8000
—; —
8,000
2016 MLS TV averages:
League
Overall
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPND
FOX
FS1
FOXD
UniMás/UDN
MLS
276,689
290,179
201,500
46,000
658,000
154,346
34,677
218,038
MLS Playoffs
273,000
279,167
124,000
44,500
—
186,000
64,667
211,750
Most-watched leagues on US TV
League
Average
Liga MX
735,185
Premier League
439,753
UEFA CL
353,833
MLS
281,321
La Liga
143,727
NWSL
88,500
Bundesliga
77,109
Primeira Liga
36,308
Serie A
28,241
Eredivisie
28,200
Championship
16,727
Ligue 1
12,625
NASL
7,500
SEE MORE: Access our archives of US TV ratings for soccer.
HT SportsTVRatings
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