TV ratings for sports other than hockey

[Greatzsky 99]

I told folks in the NHL thread that the Knicks being in it would be crazy and was told it wouldn't happen...

welli was wrong there, but you were also wrong, in that you suggested that the NHL would
take a hit because of that, and as the numbers shown, it did not happen

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2026/06/world-cup-viewership-milestones-fox-telemundo-brazil-morocco/

Saturday’s Brazil-Morocco FIFA World Cup match averaged 11.2 million viewers on Telemundo (combining a Nielsen-measured linear audience and streaming viewership tracked by Adobe Analytics), plus a Nielsen-measured 10.02 million on FOX. Qatar-Switzerland led off the day with 5.5 million on Telemundo and 5.4 million on Fox Sports. Leading out of Brazil-Morocco, Haiti-Scotland averaged 6.0 million each on both Telemundo (match window) and Fox Sports (including pre-match). On Sunday, Netherlands-Japan averaged 8.8 million on FOX — the second-largest non-U.S. group stage audience on English-language television — and 8.4 million on Telemundo. Ivory Coast-Ecuador followed with 9.2 million on Telemundo and 4.7 million on FS1. Leading off the day, Germany-Curacao averaged 6.4 million on Telemundo and 6.3 million on FOX.

At this rate the World Cup Final can be 50/55M overall

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

NBA wraps year of highs with most-watched playoffs since 1998

The NBA had its most-watched playoffs since the end of Michael Jordan era in 1998, capping a year of viewership highs.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

The 2026 NBA Playoffs averaged 6.35 million viewers across ESPN/ABC, NBCUniversal and Amazon Prime Video, a figure that includes Adobe Analytics for NBC games — up 34% from last year on ESPN/ABC, TNT and NBA TV (4.74M) and the most-watched postseason since 1998 (7.67M). The previous high over that span was 6.06 million in 2000. The postseason began with the most-watched opening round since 1993 and the most-watched opening two rounds since 1997, before concluding with the most-watched conference final series since 2002 (Spurs-Thunder: 10.8M) and the most-watched NBA Finals since 1998 (Knicks-Spurs: 20.6M).

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

 

[Kirk Van Houten]