Awful Announcing
The average audience of 411,000 viewers for Combate Americas beat broadcasts from Bellator, ONE Championship, and the PFL.
"Incomplete data provides inaccurate information" is quite a stance to take on a tweet that was correct at the time.
Smackdown's Fox debut averaged 3.87 million viewers and a 1.4 in the adults 18-49 demographic.
The 15.5 Sunday Night Football rating was the highest for Week 4 SNF since 2012.
Eagles-Packers was an entertaining game, which certainly didn't hurt.
FOX's Big Noon Saturday efforts, meanwhile, look to be paying off so far.
The networks involved have to feel good about the start to the season.
All three MNF games are up from last year.
Another week of good news for the NFL.
The game was also up against the Democratic debate and a Fox national baseball window.
The thrilling Saints-Texans opener was up 24% relative to last year; the Raiders-Broncos nightcap was up 10%.
ESPN dominated the whole day, while Fox again started the day strong.
Packers-Bears had the highest overnight rating for a Kickoff Game since 2016.
This marked the first recent Week 0 matchup between two Power Five teams, but the ratings success might mean it isn't the last one.
Overnight sports ratings may not be available this fall if these executives are successful.
