The 2020 MLS TV thread

Is there any way to get the ESPN+ numbers?

 

Nope

 

Latest TV numbers in Canada covering September 19 TFC vs. DC United going against Bundesliga and Canadian Premier League Finals

Putting the @CanPl #FINAL ratings (total 2+ for Sept.19 in a #socceraudience perspective. On the very same day #Sportsnet aired Dortmund-Monchengladbach. AMA was 23,000; later that day TSN aired TFC-DC Utd: 86,000 #MLS #CanPl #mediaresearch #Sportsbiz #KRUnitedMedia https://t.co/EsGAdIuqov

— Koen@KR United Media (@KRunitedMedia) September 25, 2020

 

Whitecaps vs Real Salt Lake numbers just came out

One more of that @CanPl Final Game day on TSN: Whitecaps vs. Real Salt Lake on #TSN: 50,000 AMA (less than repeat that night of #CanPl game on CBC) #sportsbiz #mls #CanPl #mediaresearch https://t.co/mMbBJolAUA

— Koen@KR United Media (@KRunitedMedia) September 25, 2020

 

The media is starting to talk about the huge drop in sports TV ratings.

I seem to remember the same stories leading up to the 2016 election, after which they boomed.

 

NWSL averaged 463,000 for its 6 broadcasts on CBS.

 

I wonder how that compares to other non-NFL sports on CBS.

 

It looks like Fox is trying to hike its prices on local cable stations when it's contracts run out on December 31.

FS1, FS2 and Fox Soccer Plus may not be available from January 1st, 2021.

 

Ugh, not this shit again

 

UniMas telecast of Juventus vs Barcelona drew 749,00 viewers, which network says is largest U.S. audience ever for UEFA Champions League group stage match, regardless of language on any network. Previous best: Univision’s Liverpool-PSG on 9/18/18 (675,000).

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) October 29, 2020

 

Is it possible to answer the rating simply...

Are US sports rating this year ... up ... or down...

Are MLS ratings this year ... up... or down...

Have MLS rating behaved similar to other sports...

 

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My view of this page has a giant blank space between posts 576-585.

 

Shame on mods.

 

Columbus v Philadelphia MLS match on ABC and ESPN Deportes Sunday drew an average of 296,000 viewers. Really poor.

Top-rated markets
1 Columbus
2 Philly
3 Nashville
tie Richmond
5 Dayton
6 Birmingham
tie Cleveland
tie Houston
9 Atlanta
tie Hartford
tie KC
tie Milwaukee

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) November 6, 2020

 

There were a lot of games going on on Sunday. Not many people watch more MLS than they absolutely have to.

 

That's the point?

 

I found a MLS channel.

Station #712 on Pluto TV.

Currently showing a full replay of FCD vs. Minnesota Utd.

 

Marketing wise maybe MLS should be rallying its supporters to watch games on TV. If the league wants to make a great leap forward it needs to get TV networks excited.

 

Agreed. I also wish they could convince the MLS hating KSE group to allow the only fans they have left to watch them on television instead of keeping the Rapids broadcasts on their monopoly of a loser station they have kept off the air for the majority of us for what will be a year and a half soon.
They could at least allow us to watch on ESPN+ but they are making it very certain they could care less about their fans and are in the process of permanently alienating us forever!!!!

I’m getting to the point of wishing they would sell to an ownership group in Las Vegas where they can thrive instead of rotting here due to KSEs incompetence!!!

 

It's difficult to find the Yankees' YES network these days to watch NYCFC because of the dispute between Sinclair and er, everyone.

Hopefully this will all be resolved as part of the new TV contract in 2022.

 

Overall viewership on ABC/ESPN Deportes for Philadelphia v New England on last day of MLS regular season last Sunday: 397,000.

Decision Day last year on ESPN/ESPN Deportes for Portland v San Jose: 246K.

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) November 12, 2020

 

That's not bad considering that there were 5 or 6 games going on simultaneously.