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November 03, 2015
U.S. TV viewers for the Premier League broken out by club: Not surprising to see Man United at #1, but Swansea atop City is.
Everton has Tim Howard, probably helps a lot with their ratings.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:49 PM on November 04, 2015
I presume Man City haven't been on NBC: the Twitter chart notes NBC appearances. The others should be NBC-related channels.
It doesn't take into account who watches what matches on Goal Zone. I have it on DirecTV and find myself watching Bournemouth a lot (as well as bouncing around the other channels). They're like Burnley last season: enjoyable to watch but they just can't get the points.
posted by jjzucal at 02:58 PM on November 04, 2015
Everton has Tim Howard, probably helps a lot with their ratings.
But not necessarily their results. Sigh.
posted by yerfatma at 03:11 PM on November 04, 2015
Really interesting but it would be nice to see some kind of adjustment for times on the air and times on NBC proper (maybe adjust the numbers by total households receiving the channel in question since NBC spreads games across NBCSN, CNBC, Bravo, etc). I'm guessing part of Man City's problem is they haven't been on NBC yet. And maybe my judgement is colored by my own experience but I detect a bit of a Men in Blazers-effect where teams that are Ok To Root For are doing better in the ratings than others. Southampton got aan hour-long documentary from Roger Bennett last year and Bournemouth & Watford have probably benefited from a newness that Norwich already burned through in NBCSN's first year.