United States: a record 1.76 million TV viewers for Man United - Man City (Premier League)

Manchester United FC - Manchester City FC (2-0), the match counting for Matchday 29 of the 2019-20 Premier League, drew 1.76 million YB viewers on the NBC channel, Telemundo and on the NBC Sports Digital platform, on Sunday 08/03/2020 (kick-off 16:30 GMT, 12:30pm US East Coast time). This is a new audience record for a Premier League match in the United States.

In detail, the meeting drew together 1.33 million viewers on the free English-language channel NBC, 366,000 on the Spanish pay-TV channel Telemundo, and 56,000 additional viewers on NBC Sports Digital.

The previous record for a Premier League match was also held by a Manchester derby, during Matchday 33 in the 2017-18 season (Manchester United 2-3 victory), gathering 1.72 million viewers on all of the American company's platforms.

• The Premier League is the European championship with the best broadcast exposure in the United States, with an average of one match per matchday broadcast on the free English-language channel NBC.
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