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February 3, 2012 · 0 comments

Super Bowl Sunday kicks off on FOX with live English Premier League coverage of Chelsea hosting Manchester United at Stamford Bridge Sunday, Feb. 5 at 10:30 AM ET on FOX. The match marks the second live English Premier League game in two weeks on U.S. broadcast television. On Jan. 22, FOX drew 1.3 million viewers [...]

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UFC on FOX event from the United Center in Chicago on Saturday posted a 2.6/5 national rating/share, according to figures released by Nielsen Media Research. As expected, FOX dominated the night on the important younger demographics. FOX’s 2.4 among Adults 18-49 nearly beat the combined ratings of ABC, CBS, and NBC (2.5 combined) and FOX’s [...]

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Fox Sports kicks off ‘UFC on FOX’ coverage with a two-hour tripleheader broadcast on Saturday, Jan. 28 (8:00-10:00 PM ET), live from the United Center in Chicago. In the night’s main event, former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans (21-1-1) takes on undefeated former national champion wrestler Phil Davis (9-0-0) to determine the next challenger to [...]

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College Basketball on FOX advance programming from January 26 – February 8 All times Eastern unless otherwise indicated January 26 – February 8 Thursday, Jan. 26 7:00 PM Western Kentucky at Florida Atlantic FCS Pacific Thursday, Jan. 26 8:00 PM NJIT at North Dakota FCS Atlantic Thursday, Jan. 26 8:00 PM South Dakota at Oral [...]

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Epic 2012 NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME on FOX between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers delivered an extraordinary 30.6/44 fast-national rating/share according to figures released by Nielsen Media Research. The overtime battle scored an average audience of 57.6 million viewers to rank as the third most-watched Conference Championship Game ever, after the 1982 Cowboys-49ers [...]

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Football fans across America continue to tune in to NFL games, resulting in the most-watched conference championship Sunday in 30 years. An average of 53.7 million viewers watched NFL games last weekend, the most for an NFL conference championship Sunday since January 1982 (game-by-game comparison below). The New York Giants-San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship Game [...]

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FOX Sports leads off NFC Championship Sunday with its first-ever live English Premier League match on U.S. broadcast television featuring two of the world’s most storied clubs. Arsenal and Manchester United meet at Emirates Stadium, and coverage on FOX begins at 10:30 AM ET from Studio A in Los Angeles with Rob Stone in his [...]

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One of the most memorable postseason games in NFL history took place at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. This game became the most-watched Saturday NFL Divisional Playoff Game in 24 years, according to fast-national figures released by Nielsen Media Research. As Alex Smith hit Vernon Davis on a game-winning, 14-yard TD pass just moments after Drew [...]

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Fans continued to make the NFL appointment viewing, resulting in record TV numbers for the Divisional Playoffs. An average of 36.6 million viewers watched the four playoff games last weekend, the most ever for an NFL Divisional Weekend and a four percent increase from last season’s previous record (35.1 million). Sunday’s New York Giants-Green Bay [...]

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Sunday’s highly-anticipated New York Giants and Green Bay Packers battle for a spot in the NFC Championship Game was one for the record-books, scoring FOX the most-watched Divisional Playoff Game ever on any network, according to Nielsen Media Research. Over 45.1 million fans tuned in as Eli Manning led the Giants past the defending Super [...]

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