UFC Fight Night 116 drew 872,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night. The prelims drew 653,000 viewers via Nielsen per ShowBuzz Daily. The 170-minute main card featured Luke Rockhold taking on David Branch. The former middleweight champion looked impressive in dominating Branch. It drew 0.32 in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen. The 120-minute prelims which preceded […]
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The Ratings Buffet week ending September 1st
The Ratings Buffet for the week ending September 1st featured a lot of events this past weekend centered squarely around The Money Fight. Friday Showtime: All Access Mayweather-McGregor 10:00pm-10:23pm 105,000 viewers, 0.04 A18-49 FS1 Mayweather/McGregor Weigh-In Show 6:00-7:00pm ET 368,000 viewers FS1: All Access Mayweather/McGregor 8:30-9:00pm ET 214,000 viewers FS1: All Access Mayweather/McGregor 7:00-7:30pm ET […]
TUF 26 Episode 1 draws 308,000 viewers on FS1
The Ultimate Fighter Season 26 drew an overnight rating of 308,000 on FS1 Wednesday night per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. TUF Talk which aired immediately after the first airing of TUF 26 drew 93,000 viewers on FS1. There was a replay of TUF 26 episode 1 later that night but it did not register in […]
Mayweather-McGregor Prelims peak at 3.1M and other ratings
Nielsen has provided some additional ratings from this past weekend’s Mayweather-McGregor fight. Notably, the prelims drew 2,568,000 viewers across Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox Sports Go. The show peaked at 3,110,000 viewers. The Prelims on Fox drew 2,438,000 from 7-9pm ET. In the A18-49 category, it drew 1,156,000 viewers and was up over 150% versus […]
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN featuring Crawford draws 965K
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN Saturday night drew 965,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The main event featured Terrence Crawford and Julius Indongo. The Crawford-Indongo main event drew the second-highest boxing match on cable for 2017. The third big event for Top Rank on ESPN was an improvement on Vasyl Lomachenko’s debut on the […]