Ratings Roundup: LoL World Championship Draws Big Viewership, Kawhi’s Absence Leads NBA Numbers

Ratings roundup is a rundown of rating news from the past week and is derived from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition, the League of Legends World Championship draws big viewership, Kawhi’s absence isn’t an issue for ESPN in the NBA numbers game, ABC delivers the best MLS Cup audience on Disney Media Networks since 2014 but is down from the 2018 final, and much more.

Ratings news from around the industry:

• League of Legends World Championship draws big viewership
• Kawhi’s absence no problem for ESPN
• Post-LeBron Cavs not much of a draw for ESPN
• ABC Delivers Best MLS Cup Audience on Disney Media Networks since 2014
• MLS Cup Down from Last Year, Up from ’17
• Bruins-Habs hits Tuesday high on NBCSN
• UFC 244 prelims up from same weekend last year
• Wilder vs. Ortiz PBC Countdown is Most-Watched Episode in 2019

Here’s a roundup of last week’s NFL ratings:

• NBC’S Sunday Night Football Tops 20 Million Viewers for 100th Time This Decade – Dominating Primetime TV
• Seahawks-49ers Overtime Thriller Scores Monday Night Football’s Best Audience of 2019
• Fox Sports Delivers Most-Watched Telecast with America’s Game of the Week
• Thursday Night Football ratings drop in Week 10

Here’s a roundup of last week’s College Football ratings:

• Penn State at Minnesota Draws 6,736,000 Viewers, ABC’s Best Noon Audience in Nearly Three Seasons
• SEC on CBS Delivers Massive Audience for LSU-Alabama