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UFC on Fox 17 draws 2.28M viewers

December 20, 2015 by Jason Cruz 7 Comments

UFC on Fox 17 drew an average viewership of 2.28 million viewers on Saturday night per Television By Numbers.  It represents a slight increase from last December’s quarterly show on Fox.

The event came third in national network ratings in its time slot.  The Democratic Debate on ABC drew 6.71 million viewers while a rerun of NCIS on CBS drew 5.15 million viewers.  UFC on Fox drew 2.28 million viewers for a 0.9 rating in the A18-49 rating for a 3 share

UFC on Fox Ratings 1-17

UFC on Fox 17 Ratings

The chart and graph include the “fast overnights” versus the Live + same day (SD) rating. The overnights do not account for any overruns. The live plus same day rating includes any viewership that may have occurred that day and not just live viewing.

Note that UFC on Fox 1 and 2 we do not have the “fast overnights,” just the Live +SD rating.

UFC on Fox Ratings
Overnights Live + SD
UFC on Fox 1 5,700,000
UFC on Fox 2 4,570,000
UFC on Fox 3 2,250,000 2,400,000
UFC on Fox 4 2,360,000 2,400,000
UFC on Fox 5 3,410,000 4,400,000
UFC on Fox 6 3,770,000 4,220,000
UFC on Fox 7 3,300,000 3,700,000
UFC on Fox 8 2,040,000 2,380,000
UFC on Fox 9 2,410,000 2,800,000
UFC on Fox 10 2,550,000 3,220,000
UFC on Fox 11 1,990,000 2,500,000
UFC on Fox 12 2,020,000 2,500,000
UFC on Fox 13 2,270,000 2,800,000
UFC on Fox 14 2,820,000 3,049,000
UFC on Fox 15 2,430,000 2,745,000
UFC on Fox 16 2,290,000 2,800,000
UFC on Fox 17 2,280,000

Payout Perspective:

Pretty much the standard viewership for these shows.  It did slightly better than last December’s show on Fox and with the viewership adjustment that we will see in the next day or so, it should be close to 2.3 million.  MMA Payout will keep you posted.

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  1. joe says

    December 20, 2015 at 3:20 pm

    Two of the 3 biggest cards were headlined by Benson Henderson… Dude is currently a free agent so we’ll see how this goes

    Reply
  2. The Greatest says

    December 20, 2015 at 3:33 pm

    Ufc is dead.

    Reply
  3. Well duh says

    December 20, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    What did you expect? The hype wears out after a while.

    Take away MacGregor and you’re left with just about 100k fans.

    Hopefully Jones will boost these ratings. Hopefully..

    Reply
  4. d says

    December 21, 2015 at 1:46 am

    I didn’t realize UFC was a living, breathing organism. That’s interesting.

    Reply
  5. joe says

    December 21, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    Corporations are people, too

    Reply
  6. Diego says

    December 21, 2015 at 7:45 pm

    Solid numbers despite what the haters say. Fox should be happy with this.

    Reply
  7. d says

    December 21, 2015 at 9:53 pm

    Joe……..only when it comes to lobbying.

    Reply

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