For the third consecutive year, NBC Sports Group set a record for its average viewership of the English Premier League. Across all networks, NBC Sports Group averaged 514,000 viewers per match window
-- up 7 percent from 2014-15. The EPL outdrew the NHL, which averaged 503,000 viewers for 105 NHL regular-season games on NBC and NBCSN in 2015-16.
NBC Sports Group’s coverage
of the 2015-16 Premier League season reached more than 36 million viewers, a record and an increase of 26 percent over last season (28.7 million).
In three years of televising the Premier
League, NBC has aired eight of the 10 most-watched live Premier League matches in U.S. history -- including four during the 2015-16 season.
Most-Watched Premier League Games: DATE MATCH NETWORK VIEWERS 11/22/14 Arsenal-Man United NBC 1.41 million
2/5/12 Chelsea-Man United
FOX 1.38 million
1/31/15 Chelsea-Man City NBC 1.35 million
10/26/14 Man United-Chelsea NBC 1.29 million
1/22/12 Man
United-Arsenal FOX 1.26 million
9/12/15 Man United-Liverpool NBC 1.25 million 2/8/14 Cardiff-Swansea City NBC 1.24 million
1/23/16 West Ham-Man City NBC 1.16 million
3/20/16 Man City-Man United NBC 1.16 million
10/24/15
Arsenal-Everton NBC 1.15 million 4/12/15 Man United-Man City NBCSN 1.13 million
1/11/14 Man United-Swansea City NBC 1.10 million
11/7/15 Stoke City-Chelsea NBC 1.07 million
2/22/14 Crystal Palace-Man United NBC 1.06 million
4/30/12 Man City-Man United ESPN
1.03 million
Top 15 Local Market Ratings 1. Washington, D.C.
2. Hartford
3. West Palm Beach
4. Boston
T5. Philadelphia
T5. Baltimore
7. New York
8. Dallas
9. Columbus
10. Norfolk
T11. Chicago
T11. Denver
T11. Tulsa
T14. Atlanta
T14. Miami
Note: NBC, NBCSN & USA Network combined.
Time for Hartford to get a professional soccer team!
Also time for Washington, DC to get one. /rimshot