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UFC 284 Prelims draw 1.128M viewers

February 14, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The UFC 284 Prelims drew 1.128M viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast started 11 minutes late from its original start time of 8:00pm ET due to the Michigan-Indiana college basketball game. The telecast drew 1.128M viewers and 578,000 viewers in the 18-49 demo. It drew a household rating of 0.61. The feature bout […]

Filed Under: ESPN, ratings, UFC, UFC on ABC

UPDATED: ESPN writer ‘strongly discouraged’ not to write ‘anything incendiary’ about White

January 5, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UPDATED: I guess Jeff saw my story, so he posted an update. No edict as I originally wrote, but ‘strongly discouraged.’ ESPN has yet to make a comment on the video of Dana White altercation with his wife on New Year’s Eve.  On ESPN’s First Take Stephen A. Smith offered a company line take on […]

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UFC 282 Prelims draw 769,000 viewers

December 14, 2022 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The UFC 282 Prelims on ESPN2 drew 796,000 viewers and 396,000 in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The telecast finished 3rd overall in the ratings on Saturday night. The early prelims finished 6th overall with 664,000 viewers on ESPN2. The Prelims drew 0.30 viewers in the A18-49 demo, 0.20 F18-49, 0.40 M18-49, […]

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UFC Fight Night Orlando draws 1.014M viewers Saturday

December 6, 2022 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

UFC Fight Night 42 took place on Saturday night at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.  The event drew 1.014M viewers on ESPN and was first overall in cable viewing.  The prelims were 3rd overall and drew 877,000 viewers. The telecast for the main card aired later than most on the network with a 10pm […]

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Top Rank Boxing one ESPN draws 923K for Haney-Kambosos 2

October 18, 2022 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 923,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.  The telecast, which featured the rematch between Devin Haney and George Kambosos drew 380,000 in the A18-49 demo. The telecast finished 13th overall in the cable ratings on Saturday.  It drew 0.29 in the A18-49 demo, 0.21 F18-49, 0.37 M18-49, […]

Filed Under: boxing, ESPN, ratings, Top Rank

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