Chivas vs America TV raitings

[joebloe888]

As posted on soccerTV.com:

Club America-Chivas Guadalajara on Univision drew highest U.S. TV
viewership for a professional club soccer match in 12 years
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The 2nd Leg of the Mexican First Division "Torneo Apertura"
semifinal series between Club America of Mexico City
and Chivas Guadalajara recorded the highest U.S. television viewership
for a professional club soccer match (a soccer match NOT involving
national teams) in the past 12 years, according to data
collected by Nielsen Media Research as part of the
Nielsen Television Index (NTI) national general market
television rating system.

The Club America-Chivas Guadalajara match, dubbed the
"superclasico" because the match pits the two biggest professional
soccer clubs in Mexico, drew 2.048 million U.S. TV households (1.8% rating),
and 3.956 million U.S. TV viewers age 2 and over when it
aired live in the U.S. on Univision on Sunday December 10
at 9pm Eastern Time/6pm Pacific Time.

Not only did the viewership of the "superclasico" surpass the viewership
of any other professional club soccer match on US television (including both
Major League Soccer and the Mexican First Division) in the past 12 years,
the US TV viewership of the match surpassed the US TV viewership of every
National Hockey League (NHL) telecast on both NBC Sports
and OLN (now Versus) during the 2005-2006 NHL season
with the exception of Games 3-7 of the 2006 Stanley Cup Final series
on NBC Sports.

The viewership of the "superclasico" serves as a reminder of the effect
of immigration of Mexicans to the U.S. primarily in search of economic
opportunities, and also serves as a reminder to Major League Soccer (MLS)
officials how much work the 11-year-old MLS still
has left to do in order to catch up to the Mexican First Division
as the most popular televised professional club soccer
entertainment product in the U.S.

The defunct North American Soccer League (NASL), which folded
in 1984, averaged about 2 million households on ABC Sports
during the 1979 season, before the launch of cable sports TV
powerhouse ESPN.

[sidspaceman]

Damn I think the MLS cup on ABC drew like a .8 or something.:D

[el-choul]

Funny thing is, it still didn't outperform La Fea Mas Bella this week on Univision. If the link doesn't work, the game was 6th this week, Fea took the top 5.

http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.43afce2fac27e890311ba0a347a062a0/?show=%2FFilters%2FPublic%2Ftop_tv_ratings%2Famong_hispanics&vgnextoid=9e4df9669fa14010VgnVCM100000880a260aRCRD&selOneIndex=4

[Jabinho]

Chivas/America is usually on top when the Friday LA Times list of most watched sporting events of the last week comes out, though this time, perhaps the USC/UCLA game will top it.. Maybe not though..;)

[sidspaceman]

Funny thing is, it still didn't outperform La Fea Mas Bella this week on Univision. If the link doesn't work, the game was 6th this week, Fea took the top 5.

http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.43afce2fac27e890311ba0a347a062a0/?show=%2FFilters%2FPublic%2Ftop_tv_ratings%2Famong_hispanics&vgnextoid=9e4df9669fa14010VgnVCM100000880a260aRCRD&selOneIndex=4
Still it's the biggest rating for a pro game in 12 years and bigger ratings then the NHL.

[el-choul]

Still it's the biggest rating for a pro game in 12 years and bigger ratings then the NHL.

Absolutely. I am actually very excited about this. What happened 12 years ago? (1994? Does the world cup count, or just club soccer?)

[humstein]

More power to the Mexican viewers. Their football is improving every year as evidenced by the play of Toluca and Pachuca in the Copa Sudamericana.
MLS is moving in the right direction- we must be patient.

The real problem is the amatuers at US soccer. With them at the helm we are in big trouble. Hopefully the MLS guys will guide soccer in this country over the coming years, not the pencil pushers at the USSF.

Perry Stein

[sidspaceman]

It's just club futbol so it isn't the WC, my guess is that they started tracking Mexican futbol 12 years ago.

[fdp]

sig material. :D

[Piedraias]

Still it's the biggest rating for a pro game in 12 years and bigger ratings then the NHL.


lol. ******** the nhl.

[fdp]

*Note to Mods*

Can we get this thread unstuck?

Gracias.

[sidspaceman]

Hell no.

[fdp]

*Note to Mods*

Unstick this thread now!

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I said now damn it!

:D

[puromorelia]

AFTER such good rating this coming-up clasico COULD have one of the Lowest ratings in a while, im only saying this because America comes into this game looking pretty bad meanwhile chivas is playing better than ever so it doesnt generate the excitement of other clasicos for many of us who are neither chivas or america fans. I usually dont miss a clasico because its filled with so much hype usually and can be very entertaining but this one is lacking a bit of that, probably has to do with the fact that chivas has been dominating the series as of late. Oh well im not crazy about it, if i have nothing better to do, ill probably tune in, after all last weekds chivas-pumas and america-cruz azul dissapointed big time! If most none america and chivas fans feel the way i do about this game then you can expect lower ratings then usuall.

I was also watching super estadio earlier tonight and according to them theres still alot of tickets available for the game, which is unusual for a clasico specially one being played at Azteca on a sunday evening. My guess is the americanistas are stARTING to get fed up with the mediocrity of their team and are not responding and its showing on the stands as well! This could well be an overwhelmingly home crowd away from home for chivas!!!!

[PasionPorElTri]

AFTER such good rating this coming-up clasico COULD have one of the Lowest ratings in a while, im only saying this because America comes into this game looking pretty bad meanwhile chivas is playing better than ever so it doesnt generate the excitement of other clasicos for many of us who are neither chivas or america fans. I usually dont miss a clasico because its filled with so much hype usually and can be very entertaining but this one is lacking a bit of that, probably has to do with the fact that chivas has been dominating the series as of late. Oh well im not crazy about it, if i have nothing better to do, ill probably tune in, after all last weekds chivas-pumas and america-cruz azul dissapointed big time! If most none america and chivas fans feel the way i do about this game then you can expect lower ratings then usuall.

I was also watching super estadio earlier tonight and according to them theres still alot of tickets available for the game, which is unusual for a clasico specially one being played at Azteca on a sunday evening. My guess is the americanistas are stARTING to get fed up with the mediocrity of their team and are not responding and its showing on the stands as well! This could well be an overwhelmingly home crowd away from home for chivas!!!!


Tus puntos son muy validos, y es la ::::neta::: ... segun lei quedan 20,000 boletos, y esperan se vendan 10,000 entre hoy y mañana, tmbn dicen que Chivas seria local,algo que ya es costumbre en el Azteca

[puromorelia]

Tus puntos son muy validos, y es la ::::neta::: ... segun lei quedan 20,000 boletos, y esperan se vendan 10,000 entre hoy y mañana, tmbn dicen que Chivas seria local,algo que ya es costumbre en el Azteca

iMAGINATE eso !!!! :eek: yo creo que primero regalan esos boletos a cualquier americanista que se les pare enfrente a que todavia mas gente de las chivas tengan acceso a eyos:D

yo se que chivas es local en el azteca por lo regular pero no me imagino un clasico en el azteca con mas del 60 o 70% chivistas y creo que eso se puede dar este domingo!!!

[sidspaceman]

Club America-Chivas Guadalajara on March 18 drew highest U.S. TV viewership for a professional club soccer match in 13 years
March 20, 2007
The Mexican First Division Torneo Clausura regular season match between Club America of Mexico City and Chivas Guadalajara on March 18 recorded the highest U.S. television viewership for a professional club soccer match (a soccer match NOT involving national teams) in the past 13 years (since the 1994 World Cup), according to data collected by Nielsen Media Research as part of the Nielsen Television Index (NTI) national general market television rating system.
The Club America-Chivas Guadalajara match, dubbed the superclasico because the match pits the two biggest professional soccer clubs in Mexico, drew 4.3 million U.S. TV viewers age 2 and over when it aired live in the U.S. on Unvision on Sunday March 18 at 10pm Eastern/7pm Pacific.
The viewership of the match on March 18 exceeded the 3.956 million U.S. TV viewers age 2 and over who tuned in the last time the two Mexican League rivals clashed in a semifinal match televised live on Univision on Sunday December 10, 2006 at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific.
Not only did the viewership of the superclasico on March 18 surpassed the viewership of any other professional club soccer match on U.S. television (including both Major League Soccer and the Mexican First Division) in the past 13 years, the U.S. TV viewership of the match surpassed the U.S. TV viewership of every National Hockey League (NHL) telecast on both NBC and Versus (formerly OLN) during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 NHL seasonswith the exception of Game 7 of the 2006 Stanley Cup Final series between Carolina and Edmonton, which aired on NBC and drew 5.45 million viewers age 2 and over.
The viewership of the superclasico serves as a reminder of the effect of the immigration of Mexicans to the U.S. primarily in search of economic opportunities. Mexicans living in the U.S. has reminded the sports and media industries in the U.S. once again that they want to watch their teams.
The defunct North American Soccer League (NASL), which folded in 1984, averaged about 2 million households and just under 4 million viewers on ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1979 season, before the launch of cable sports TV powerhouse ESPN.

Damn the ratings just keep getting bigger and bigger.

[el-choul]

I like the comparison to hockey ratings.

I'm impressed it surpassed the December semifinal match.

[DaNi FiLtH]

I know this might be somewhat off topic but....

Chivas new jersey looks fu#*ing horrible. Crooked stripes and a crooked neck. WTF were they thinking? LMAO....:rolleyes:

[el-choul]

sooooooo, ratings for chivas-america, on telemundo now, while both are mediocre:

Rating of 1, share of 2 (2173000 viewers), good for 7th best broadcast sports program for the week of April 13.

Not quite the ratings from 2006 or 2007. I wonder what the last game on univision measured.

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:PJPOaq5EgDwJ:www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/129651+chivas+america+nielsen&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:ZE0MG2yD3FAJ:en-us.nielsen.com/main/insights/rankings/sports+chivas+america+nielsen&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a