This weekend saw a lot of sports fans tuning into FOX Sports to watch football. After averaging almost 2 million viewers on Friday night for Rutgers-Washington, the network drew over 3.5 million for their Big Noon Saturday Big Ten matchup between Michigan and Minnesota. The Wolverines won the game 27-24.
Laer, Deion Sanders and his Colorado Buffaloes had a big 48-21 win over UCF and that game had an audience over 4 million. FOX Sports said the game was up 44% over the average of all Big 12 games on the network from 2023.
On Sunday, the FOX NFL Sunday pregame show was up a bit over last year’s week 4 show with 4.49 million viewers. Through four weeks the show is averaging 4.958 million viewers, which is up 9% over last year’s average and FOX NFL Sunday’s best start since 2019.
The FOX Sports NFL singleheader was also up over last year with an audience of 17.2 million, a 2% increase from last season. Through the first four weeks of the season, the NFL on FOX is averaging 19.243 million viewers, an increase of 16% year over year and the best start since 2016.
