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Bellator 159 peaks at 1,015,000 viewers

July 27, 2016 by Jason Cruz 3 Comments

Bellator 159 drew 709,000 in adjusted DVR+3 ratings and peaked with 1,015,000 viewers last Firday night.

The event improved upon the 668,000 viewers in overnight ratings.  It ws the number 1 ranked sports programming on cable on Friday.

Despite representing just a 6% increase from the overnight ratings, it was good enough to be the top sports show on cable this past Friday.

Filed Under: Bellator MMA, DVR+3, ratings

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  1. Wil says

    July 28, 2016 at 3:24 am

    Shame you don’t do this for your articles that you post covering HBO, Showtime, PBC boxing shows. You tend to give prem overnight but not adjusted for DVR and such….which tells the complete picture.

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  2. Cutch says

    July 28, 2016 at 6:58 am

    He does the same for PBC when they are on network TV and the same with the UFC.

    Fox Sports 1 cards don’t really get it, only TUF which is a TV show which isn’t live anymore.

    Spike are giving out these numbers because I guess they want to seem bigger.

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  3. E Tops says

    July 28, 2016 at 7:56 am

    If spike happy, Bellator is happy. Being the top rated sports show of the night is good for a number 2 company. Just positive news overall.

    Reply

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