USFL ratings (from fox EVP Michael Mulvvihill)

[herns]

https://twitter.com/mulvihill79/status/ ... aQXHP-9Kiw

“ USFL viewership peaked last night in the final half hour at nearly 3.5 million.

Seems positive that viewership peaked late. Game held interest fairly well. Rather see that than a curiosity-driven early peak followed by a drop.”

3.0 million viewers for the USFL opener. More than held its own on a day filled with traditional spring sports players.

“3.0m also marks a +25% gain over recent FOX+NBC Saturday night performance.”

https://twitter.com/mulvihill79/status/ ... aQXHP-9Kiw

[laxtreme56]

Week 1 XFL games all peaked as the game went on as well. Would be great to see them only lose 1/3 their audience by week 5 instead of 2/3 like the XFL and AAF

[johnnyangryfuzzball]

Week 1 XFL games all peaked as the game went on as well. Would be great to see them only lose 1/3 their audience by week 5 instead of 2/3 like the XFL and AAF

It'll be tough. Remember, that first game was on two over-the-air networks, with 1.5 million or so for each—a little higher than I was expecting, but not by much.

I had the two USFL games on TV in the background during Easter dinner, so I actually got to see the games in real-time today. The empty stands definitely felt awkward. The level of play was again inconsistent—and there were a few times where I wasn't sure the best team was going to win.

[4th&long]

Week 1 XFL games all peaked as the game went on as well. Would be great to see them only lose 1/3 their audience by week 5 instead of 2/3 like the XFL and AAF

It'll be tough. Remember, that first game was on two over-the-air networks, with 1.5 million or so for each—a little higher than I was expecting, but not by much.

I had the two USFL games on TV in the background during Easter dinner, so I actually got to see the games in real-time today. The empty stands definitely felt awkward. The level of play was again inconsistent—and there were a few times where I wasn't sure the best team was going to win.

I was expecting 4mm-5mm - these are fast overnights, finals may be different, hope it ticks up.

But it matches AAF and XFL 2.0 debuts and its in spring vs winter so likely more reasonable.

Here's another article

https://programminginsider.com/saturday ... fs-on-abc/