NBC is back with a bang breaking the record for the most-watched game on an opening Premier League weekend in U.S. history.

A total of 1,258,000 viewers tuned in to NBC to watch Liverpool defeat Leeds United 4-3 on Saturday, becoming the most-watched match on Premier League opening weekend in U.S. history. The game received an outstanding 0.71 viewership rating and a total of 1,530,000 viewers watched the game across NBC's broadcast network, Telemundo and live stream. 

NBC Sports Network had a successful weekend, accumulating a total of 2,465 viewers across six games and averaging 410,000 viewers per broadcast. Five of the six games were Premier League matches and Crystal Palace's 1-0 win over Southampton United was the second most-watched game on NBC, recording a total of 387,000 viewers and a 0.17 viewership rating. The only non-Premier League game was FA Women's Super League's match between West Ham and Arsenal, which drew 100,000 viewers and received a 0.04 viewership rating. However, this was not the most-viewed women's game of the week. 

CBS's broadcast of the NWSL Fall Series game between Challenge Cup champions Houston Dash and 2019 NWSL champions North Carolina Courage was the most-watched women's game – fourth most-watched overall – of the week in the U.S. A total of 370,000 people tuned in to CBS's broadcast to watch the Courage defeat the Dash 4-3, and the game earned an astonishing 0.22 viewership rating.  

TUDN had a strong showing as it usually does, compiling 2,947,000 viewers across 16 games. Despite having more viewers than NBC, TUDN's average per broadcast was less than half at 184,200. The game that attracted the largest crowd was America's 1-1 draw against Toluca on Saturday, compiling 458,000 viewers and receiving a 0.16 viewership rating. The lone MLS match that reached a spot on Showbuzz's daily top-150 ratings was the San Jose Earthquakes' 0-0 draw with LA Galaxy on Sunday and attracted 102,000 viewers.  

BeIN Sports, ESPN2 and Universo screened a game each. BeIN recorded the lowest number of viewers – 67,000 – during Ligue 1's dramatic Marseille 1-0 win over PSG that saw five players be sent off in the last minute. ESPN2 had the best viewership out of the three channels amassing 167,000 viewers during a UEFA Nations League 0-0 draw between England and Denmark on Tuesday, Sept. 8. And Universo pleased 112,000 viewers with Liga MX's 1-1 draw between Chivas Guadalajara and Queretaro.  

TUDN – 16 games – Total viewers: 2,947,000 – Average viewers: 184,200 

Tuesday, Sept. 8 

Liga MX: Club Atletico San Luis 2-1 Necaxa at 5:30 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.04 
  • Total viewers: 84,000 

Liga MX: Toluca 0-1 Juarez at 7:55 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.05 
  • Total viewers: 141,000 

Liga MX: Puebla 2-3 Club America at 10 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.14 
  • Total viewers: 316,000 

Wednesday, Sept. 9 

Liga MX: Leon 1-1 Tigres at 5:30 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.04 
  • Total viewers: 137,000 

Liga MX: Cruz Azul 1-0 Pachuca at 8 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.08 
  • Total viewers: 241,000 

Liga MX: Mazatlan 1-0 Tijuana at 10:03 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.05 
  • Total viewers: 130,000 

Thursday, Sept. 10 

Liga de Expansion: Leones Negros UdeG 1-2 Tampico Madero at 10:02 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.03 
  • Total viewers: 67,000 

Friday, Sept. 11 

Liga MX: Necaxa 1-2 Guadalajara at 8 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.11 
  • Total viewers: 272,000 

Liga MX: Juarez 1-0 Puebla at 10:30 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.08 
  • Total viewers: 196,000 

Saturday, Sept. 12  

Liga MX: Atlas 1-1 Mazatlan at 5:55 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.07 
  • Total viewers: 173,000 

Liga MX: Tigres UANL 2-0 Santos Laguna at 7:57 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.08 
  • Total viewers: 214,000 

Liga MX: Club America 1-1 at 10 a.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.16 
  • Total viewers: 458,000 

Sunday, Sept. 13 

Liga MX: Pumas UNAM 3-0 Club Atletico San Luis at 12:30 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.04 
  • Total viewers: 97,000 

Liga MX: Queretaro 2-3 Leon at 7:30 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.08 
  • Total viewers: 170,000 

Major League Soccer: San Jose Earthquakes 0-0 LA Galaxy at 11 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.05 
  • Total viewers: 102,000 

Monday, Sept. 14 

Liga MX: Pachuca 1-1 Monterrey at 9:30 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.05 
  • Total viewers: 149,000 

NBC Sports Network – 6 games – Total viewers: 2,465,000 – Average: 410,000 

Saturday, Sept. 12 

Premier League: Fulham 0-3 Arsenal at 7:24 a.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.13 
  • Total viewers: 302,000 

Premier League: Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton at 9:57 a.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.17 
  • Total viewers: 387,000 

Premier League: Liverpool 4-3 Leeds United at 12:30 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.58 
  • Total viewers: 1,258,000 

Sunday, Sept. 13 

Premier League: West Brom 0-3 Leicester City at 8:54 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.10 
  • Total viewers: 268,000 

FA Women's Super League: West Ham 1-9 Arsenal at 11:30 a.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.04 
  • Total viewers: 100,000 

Monday, Sept. 14 

Premier League: Sheffield United 0-2 Wolverhampton at 12:54 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.06 
  • Total viewers: 150,000 

FOX Deportes – 2 games – Total viewers: 298,000 – Average: 149,000 

Wednesday, Sept. 9 

Liga MX: Santos Laguna 1-2 Pumas UNAM at 9:49 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.05 
  • Total viewers: 106,000 

Sunday, Sept. 13 

Liga MX: Tijuana 1-2 Cruz Azul at 9:53 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.08 
  • Total viewers: 192 

CBS Network – 1 game – Total viewers: 370,000 

Saturday, Sept. 12 

NWSL Fall Series: Houston Dash 3-4 North Carolina Courage at 3:43 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.22 
  • Total viewers: 370,000 

ESPN2 – 1 game – Total viewers: 167,000 

Tuesday, Sept. 8 

UEFA Nations League: Denmark 0-0 England at 2:30 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.05 
  • Total viewers: 167,000 

Universo – 1 game – Total viewers: 112,000 

Tuesday, Sept. 8 

Liga MX: Chivas de Guadalajara 1-1 Queretaro at 9:55 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.05 
  • Total viewers: 112,000 

BeIN – 1 game – Total viewers: 67,000 

Sunday, Sept. 13 

Ligue 1: PSG 0-1 Marseille at 2:54 p.m. ET 

  • Viewership rating: 0.03 
  • Total viewers: 67,000 

Projected top-3 audience games Sept. 15-21 

 

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Arsenal 2 - 1 West Ham United

September 19, 2020 3:00pmEmirates Stadium (London)

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