The ongoing year has started with a bang in terms of football games, and the battle held by all TV networks to keep fans glued to their seats is as heated as ever.
There have been some interesting developments when it comes to broadcast decisions made by American networks. One of those has seen TelevisaUnivisión making the call to air Liga MX matches on Univisión and TUDN, which has helped them rack up better audience numbers. That bet has paid off, as the most-watched game of the week was the clash between Toluca and América, which gave Univisión the top spot for the second week in a row.
The runner-up spot this time went to a Premier League match. Brentford and Bournemouth played on Saturday and saw the Bees claiming a two-nil win. The game was watched by over 650,000 average viewers, giving NBC some good news during the first month of the year.
Here is how all football games ranked during the past week.
ABC
Sunday, January 15
Supercopa de España: Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 617,000
Viewership rating: 0.31
ESPN Deportes
Wednesday, January 11
Supercopa de España: Real Madrid 1(4)-(3)1 Valencia at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 111,000
Viewership rating: 0.06
Thursday, January 12
Supercopa de España: Real Betis 2(2)-(4)2 Barcelona at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 138,000
Viewership rating: 0.06
ESPN 2
Wednesday, January 11
Supercopa de España: Real Madrid 1(4)-(3)1 Valencia at 1:51 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 110,000
Viewership rating: 0.02
Thursday, January 12
Supercopa de España: Real Betis 2(2)-(4)2 Barcelona at 1:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 100,000
Viewership rating: 0.06
NBC
Saturday, January 14
English Premier League: Brentford 2-0 Bournemouth at 12:30 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 689,000
Viewership rating: 0.42
TUDN
Thursday, January 12
Liga MX: Atlas 2-1 Mazatlán at 9:33 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 134,000
Viewership rating: 0.05
Univisión
Saturday, January 14
Liga MX: Cruz Azul 2-3 Monterrey at 5:55 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 664,000
Viewership rating: 0.37
Liga MX: Toluca 2-2 América at 8:02 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 958,000
Viewership rating: 0.46
USA Network
Friday, January 13
English Premier League: Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds United at 2:54 p.m. ET
Average viewers: 279,000
Viewership rating: 0.17
Saturday, January 14
English Premier League: Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City at 7:24 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 557,000
Viewership rating: 0.32
English Premier League: Everton 1-2 Southampton at 9:58 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 398,000
Viewership rating: 0.25
Sunday, January 15
English Premier League: Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace at 8:52 a.m. ET
Average viewers: 471,000
Viewership rating: 0.26