Perspective on just how good the CBS numbers were: Here are top 5 all-time @NWSL television audiences. Another way of looking at it: The average audience of the Fall Series on CBS (383K) was more than double the highest audience for a league game before 2020. pic.twitter.com/dRTRvFafrI— Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) October 23, 2020 I'd like to see CBS All-Access and Twitch numbers, too.
Steven Goff @SoccerInsider 1h NWSL announces Challenge Cup opener April 9 will appear on CBS Sports Network and May 8 final on CBS. As reported by @JohnDHalloran Houston v Chicago is the opener. CBSSN will carry 3 other matches. All others on Paramount+. Full schedule Tuesday.
So @msilverstein47 has awesomely gone posting some CBS team previews in their respective threads, which made me think it'd be good to point out that the CBS Sports website has a dedicated NWSL tab (admittedly not visible from the CBS Sports main page but easily visible from the CBS Sports Soccer page, right between the Premier League and the World Cup) and they're doing a great job with the coverage so far. Seems like they have only one writer on NWSL, but she's doing a fantastic job with it. Go give them some clicks!
The Thorns announced a multi year local broadcast contract with FOX 12, which does the Timber’s local broadcast. This year will include 8 games, four home, four away. https://www.timbers.com/thornsfc/20...nnouncement/local-broadcast-schedule-20210512