Cable overnights: Soccer game sets record
June 24, 2015
The U.S. moved into the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday night with a 2-0 victory over Colombia, and a lot of people watched the triumph.
The contest averaged 4.7 million total viewers on Fox Sports 1, according to Nielsen overnights, becoming the third-most-watched telecast ever on FS1.
It ranks behind only games four and five of the National League Championship Series that aired last October and averaged 5.1 million and 4.9 million total viewers.
It was also the most-watched soccer game to be broadcast on the network, which launched in 2013.
It far surpassed the earlier record set during this Women’s World Cup, when 3.3 million watched the U.S. play Australia.
Viewership peaked with 6.4 million total viewers from 9:30 to 9:45 p.m. as the game wound down.
Through Sunday’s round of 16 matches plus Monday’s Colombia-U.S. game, Fox, FS1 and FS2 are averaging 1 million total viewers per game, up 79 percent from four years ago.
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