Saturday’s Chelsea-Manchester City Match Averaged 1.35 Million Viewers -- Third Most-Watched Live Premier League Game Ever in U.S.
8.6 Million Watched 2:30pm ET Half-Hour of Super Bowl XLIX Pre-game Show Which Included Premier League Highlights & Men in Blazers Vignette
Chelsea-Manchester City Most Streamed Weekend Premier League Game on NBC Sports Live Extra
Coverage Continues with “Double Derby Day” on Saturday
STAMFORD, Conn. - Feb. 5, 2014 – While the exhilarating Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl telecast on NBC recorded the largest audience in U.S. television history, NBC’s Premier League coverage also scored with American viewers on Super Bowl weekend.
NBC’s broadcast of Chelsea v. Manchester City last Saturday, Jan. 31, -- a 1-1 draw between the Premier League’s top two clubs -- averaged 1.35 million viewers to rank as the third most-watched live Premier League match in U.S. history. NBC’s Manchester United-Arsenal telecast on November 22, 2014 averaged 1.41 million to rank as the most-watched live Premier League match in the U.S.
In the past five months, NBC has televised three of the four most-watched live Premier League matches in U.S. history (chart below).
Most-Watched Live Premier League Matches, U.S. History
| Network | Date | Match | Avg.Viewership |
| NBC | 11/22/2014 | Arsenal-Manchester United | 1.41 million viewers |
| Fox | 2/5/2012 | Manchester United-Chelsea | 1.38 million viewers |
| NBC | 1/31/2015 | Chelsea-Manchester City | 1.35 million viewers |
| NBC | 10/26/2014 | Chelsea-Manchester United | 1.29 million viewers |
In addition, Chelsea-Manchester City ranks as the most-streamed weekend Premier League match in history, with more than 73,000 uniques on NBC Sports Live Extra.
On Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1, 8.6 million people tuned into the 2:30 p.m. ET half-hour of NBC’s Super Bowl XLIX Pre-game Show, which included Premier League host Rebecca Lowe on set with Football Night in America’s Dan Patrick and Tony Dungy at University of Phoenix Stadium. Lowe delivered a Premier League highlight segment, which included a look at the Chelsea-Manchester City match. Leading into Lowe’s segment was a special one-minute piece with the Men in Blazers’ Michael Davies and Roger Bennett choosing which NFL players they would recruit for their #MINIFFC soccer roster with MINI USA.
NBC Sports Group’s live soccer coverage continues with 20 matches in five days highlighted by two of the biggest derbies in English soccer this Saturday, Feb. 7. Coverage begins Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET when storied rivals Tottenham and Arsenal face off in the North London Derby on NBCSN and NBC UNIVERSO, and continues at 12:30 p.m. ET, with Everton hosting neighbors Liverpool in a Merseyside Derby on NBC and NBC UNIVERSO.
Click here for more information on NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage through Wednesday, Feb. 11: http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2015/02/03/double-derby-day-sat-tottenham-v-arsenal-in-north-london-derby-at-745-am-et-everton-v-liverpool-in-merseyside-derby-at-1230-pm-et/
Below is the schedule for NBCUniversal’s soccer coverage through Wednesday, Feb. 11 (all times ET):
| Date | Time | Match | Network |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 6 a.m. | Barclays Premier League Preview | NBCSN |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 7 a.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 7:45 a.m. | Tottenham v. Arsenal | NBCSN |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 10 a.m. | Aston Villa v. Chelsea | NBCSN, NBC UNIVERSO |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 10 a.m. | Manchester City v. Hull City | Extra Time |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 10 a.m. | Queens Park Rangers v. Southampton | Extra Time |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 10 a.m. | Swansea City v. Sunderland | Extra Time |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 10 a.m. | Leicester City v. Crystal Palace | Extra Time |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 12:30 p.m. | Everton v. Liverpool | NBC, NBC UNIVERSO |
| Sat., Feb. 7 | 11 p.m. | Match of the Day | NBCSN |
| Sun., Feb. 8 | 1 a.m. | Match of the Week | NBCSN |
| Sun., Feb. 8 | 6 a.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
| Sun., Feb. 8 | 7 a.m. | Burnley v. West Bromwich Albion | NBCSN |
| Sun., Feb. 8 | 9:05 a.m. | Newcastle v. Stoke City | NBCSN |
| Sun., Feb. 8 | 11:15 a.m. | West Ham v. Manchester United | NBCSN, Telemundo |
| Sun., Feb. 8 | 1 p.m. | Goal Zone | NBCSN |
| Sun., Feb. 8 | 11:30 p.m. | Match of the Day II | NBCSN |
| Mon., Feb. 9 | 12:30 a.m. | Match of the Week | NBCSN |
| Mon., Feb. 9 | 10 p.m. | THE MEN IN BLAZERS SHOW | NBCSN |
| Mon., Feb. 9 | Midnight | Barclays Premier League Review | NBCSN |
| Tues., Feb. 10 | 1 a.m. | Premier League Encore | NBCSN |
| Tues., Feb. 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Barclays Premier League News | NBCSN |
| Tues., Feb. 10 | 2 p.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
| Tues., Feb. 10 | 3 p.m. | Liverpool v. Tottenham | NBCSN |
| Tues., Feb. 10 | 2:45 p.m. | Arsenal v. Leicester City | Extra Time |
| Tues., Feb. 10 | 2:45 p.m. | Hull City v. Aston Villa | Extra Time |
| Tues., Feb. 10 | 2:45 p.m. | Sunderland v. Queens Park Rangers | Extra Time |
| Tues., Feb. 10 | 5 p.m. | Goal Zone | NBCSN |
| Tues., Feb. 10 | Midnight | Match of the Week | NBCSN |
| Wed., Feb. 11 | 1:30 p.m. | Barclays Premier League News | NBCSN |
| Wed., Feb. 11 | 2 p.m. | Premier League Live | NBCSN |
| Wed., Feb. 11 | 2:45 p.m. | Chelsea v. Everton | NBCSN |
| Wed., Feb. 11 | 2:45 p.m. | Manchester United v. Burnley | Extra Time |
| Wed., Feb. 11 | 2:45 p.m. | Stoke City v. Manchester City | Extra Time |
| Wed., Feb. 11 | 2:45 p.m. | Southampton v. West Ham | Extra Time |
| Wed., Feb. 11 | 3 p.m. | Crystal Palace v. Newcastle | Extra Time |
| Wed., Feb. 11 | 3 p.m. | West Bromwich Albion v. Swansea City | Extra Time |
--NBC SPORTS GROUP--
