OSC Weekly Ratings Wrapup
by David Carlson
August 7, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
MLS All-Star game draws more on Univision Deportes than on FS1
The MLS All-Star Game combined for a .22 demo rating and 481k total viewers on Wednesday night between the Televisa Univision Deportes Network (TUDN) and Fox Sports 1 (FS1). TUDN actually drew considerably more eyeballs than the FS1 coverage, topping in the 18-49 demo .14 to .08, and 299k total viewers vs. 182k on FS1. That English language number is down 60% from 2018 (452k on ESPN) and 57% from 2017 (420k on FS1).
FS1 MLS telecasts very rarely crack into the top 150 cable shows, which displays how Fox Sports 1 still has a way to go to get to being a regular destination channel for casual sports fans, despite having nearly the same number of households as ESPN (ESPN: 86.7m, ESPN2: 86.6m, FS1: 83.8m, which is 96% of ESPN's reach).
Last Week's OSC Leagues Ratings Summary:
| 7/31 | 8:30p | FS1 | MLS ASG | .08/182k |
| 7/31 | 8:30p | TUDN | MLS ASG | .14/299k |
| 8/1 | 7p | ESPN2 | CFL | Not in top 150 |
| 8/1 | 10p | ESPN2 | WNBA | .05/160k |
| 8/2 | 7p | ESPNews | NWSL | Not in top 150 |
| 8/3 | 1p | CBS | BIG3 | .13/555k |
| 8/3 | 5p | FOX | MLS | .15/500k |
| 8/4 | 3p | NBATV | WNBA | Not in top 150 |
| 8/4 | 4p | ESPN | MLS | .07/215k |
| 8/4 | 5p | NBATV | WNBA | Not in top 150 |
| 8/4 | 7:30p | FS1 | MLS | Not in top 150 |
| 8/4 | 10p | FS1 | MLS | Not in top 150 |
WNBA highest rated show on ESPN2 Friday
Despite barely making the Friday cable list at 150th, the WNBA game at 10pm was still the highest rated show in the 18-49 demo on ESPN2. The CFL game that got a better prime time spot at 7pm did not make the top 150 shows.
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NOTE: Don't know what the "demo" is? Unsure of why the different ratings numbers don't match up? Read our explanation of TV ratings in our first article here.
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