Week 5 TV Ratings...
Well at least for Friday and Saturday:
Friday 8pm on FOX - 544k (includes UFL "kickoff" starting 8pm) per ProgInsider, against NFL Draft day 2
- I was hoping for low 6's but beats last year (467k in 2025)
Saturday 7pm on ESPN - 562k, With the competition of NBA/NHL/MLB surprised they topped 500k, ESPN is holding up well in 2026.
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Looks like ratings are up 3% overall.
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/04/29/ufl-viewership-up-3-across-espn-networks-fox-sports-at-midpoint-of-season/
LAxtreme - saw that posted on reddit. Not bad so far
Looks like someone did some digging and got (unofficial) numbers for the 3 games missing.
Storm-Stallions: Fox week 4: 613k
Aviators-Gamblers: ABC week 5: 941k
Renegades-Kings: ABC week 5: 935k
I looked at that - doesn't seem to add up - maybe my math off, but not sure he's correct. I see ABC games as 912/913k
At any rate, 631k 2026 vs 611k 2025, not bad. ABC is doing very well. LK not helping the cause tonight with horrible OL performance and bad play calling. The Def coordinator is keeping them alive some how. 4 game rest week 6 not cutting it this week... LK not looking ready
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