NBCSN saw a record viewership for the Chelsea-Manchester United English Premier League match last Sunday. The game averaged 1.019 million viewers and became the second most-watched EPL game on cable, missing the record set by the Manchester Derby between Manchester United and Manchester City in 2012 on ESPN.
NBCSN is definitely seeing some dividends in its first season of televising the English Premier League as five of the six most-watched EPL games on US cable have been aired on the network.
We have the blurb from NBC.
RECORD 1 MILLION+ VIEWERS FOR CHELSEA-MANCHESTER UNITED MATCH ON NBCSN
Stamford, Conn. – January 22, 2014 – More than 1 million viewers tuned in to Sunday’s Chelsea-Manchester United match on NBCSN – a record for NBCSN and the second most-watched Premier League game of all-time on U.S. cable television.
Chelsea’s 3-1 victory, featuring a hat trick from Samuel Eto’o, averaged 1.019 million viewers on NBCSN, just shy of the Premier League U.S. cable record (1.033 million for the “Manchester Derby” on ESPN, 4/30/12). Five of the six most-watched Premier League U.S. cable telecasts of all-time have come on NBCSN this season.
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