Bellator 277 took place on Friday night from San Jose, California and aired on Showtime. The telecast topped out at 214,000 viewers for the main event. The 3-hour telecast viewership was at its highest at the 11:55pm ET time frame which was at the time of the main event featuring AJ McKee and Patricio Friere. […]
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Showtime Boxing (03.26) draws high of 203K viewers for Tszyu main
Showtime Boxing on Saturday night drew an event high of 203,000 viewers on a night featuring Australian Tim Tszyu as he remains undefeated after his victory over Terrell Gausha. Tszyu defeated the American at the Minneapolis Armory to retain the WBO Global light-middleweight title. The main event drew 203,000 viewers and a 0.05 household rating. […]
Showtime Boxing (02.27) draws high of 270K
Showtime Boxing drew a high of 270,000 viewers last weekend per Nielsen per ShowBuzz Daily. The 3-fight telecast featured Chris Colbert as he was upset by Hector Garcia. The lineal viewership reflects that Garcia’s victory drew 253,000 viewers and 0.05 in the A18-49 demo. The middle bout drew the highest ratings with 270,000 viewers as […]
Top 10 of 2021: No. 6 Bellator moves to Showtime
Bellator moved to CBS-owned Showtime in 2021 after a brief stint on CBS Sports Network in 2020. The promotion began it run this past April with most events airing on Friday nights. It also used a subscription special in order to entice fans to sign up for Showtime. Ratings on Showtime were sparse considering it […]
Charlo-Castano fight peaks at 536K on Showtime
The Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano fight this past Saturday night was the most-watched live boxing event on Showtime since December 19th as many fans tuned in to see the unification of the 154-pound belts. Fans saw an exciting fight, but a draw in the end leaving questions about the possibility of a rematch. According to Nielsen, […]