The UFC PPV Prelims for UFC 249 drew 1.154M viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It was the second highest rated show on cable for Saturday night. UFC 249 on ESPN marked the return of the promotion to live events. The prelims started at 6:00pm ET and went for 4 hours instead of two […]
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AEW 723,000, NXT 663,000
AEW Dynamite on TNT drew 732,000 viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily Wednesday night as the promotion went back to live airings. NXT on the USA Network drew 663,000 viewers. AEW Dynamite drew a 0.28 rating in the adult 18-49 category and a 0.39 in the males 18-49. It drew 0.30 in the adult […]
Zab-Mayweather on ESPN tops boxing replays on network Saturday
ESPN aired boxing replays from some of the best fights in its library featuring Manny Pacquiao and culminated with the Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight. The most-viewed replay this past Saturday goes to the replay of the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Zab Judah fight which garnered 678K viewers. It was followed by the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez III fight […]
WWE Smackdown falls to less than 2M viewers in 2nd hour against NFL Draft
WWE Smackdown saw another benchmark in its time on Fox with the second hour of the telecast drawing just 1.978M viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It was the lowest viewership for the program since airing on Fox this past October. WWE Smackdown drew 2.050 million viewers in the first hour and then dropped […]
ESPN’s Saturday of Boxing rating tops out with Ali-Frazier 3
ESPN ran a marathon of classic boxing matchups on Saturday afternoon including the Ali-Frazier trilogy. Viewership for the marathon fared well with there being no live sports to watch. The third fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier drew the most viewers on Saturday on ESPN with 699,000 viewers and 177,000 in the A18-49 demo. […]