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Football’s Big Nights Score TouchDown for TV Viewers

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Source: Statista

While football fans move on from the Super Bowl two weeks ago, the National Football League is certainly celebrating their TV viewership numbers. The NFL successfully attracted TV viewers to their primetime game days and major league games.

According to the Katz Media Group analysis of Nielsen Media data, overall primetime viewership for Monday Night Football on ESPN increased by 9% year-over-year. For Sunday night football on NBC, total viewers increased by 6 percent, while Thursday night football on Fox saw a moderate 3 percent bump in viewership.

The study found that viewership for the division championships increased by 28 percent year-over-year. The NFC Championship in 2018 brought in about 42 million viewers, while the 2019 AFC Championship scored big, bringing in over 54 million TV viewers.

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Which Premier League Team Has the Most Loyal Fans?

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talkSPORTWho do you love more? Your partner or your team? Who’s more loyal – Arsenal or Tottenham fans? Man City or Man United fans?

talkSport asked 2,000 football fans if they would change the team they support to keep their partners happy.

Here are the results:

20. 65.2% of Cardiff City fans wouldn’t change their club to keep their partner happy
19. 77.7% of Burnley fans wouldn’t change their club
18. 77.8% of Fulham fans wouldn’t change their club
17. 78.3% of Brighton fans wouldn’t change their club
16. 82.9% of West Ham fans wouldn’t change their club
15. 83.3% of Leicester City fans wouldn’t change their club
14. 84.8% of Manchester City fans wouldn’t change their club
=12. 85% of Huddersfield fans wouldn’t change their club
=12. 85% of Bournemouth fans wouldn’t change their club
11. 85.2% of Wolves fans wouldn’t change their club
10. 86.3% of Arsenal fans wouldn’t change their club
8= 86.5% of Tottenham fans wouldn’t change their club
8= 86.5% of Newcastle United fans wouldn’t change their club
7. 87% of Chelsea fans wouldn’t change their club
6. 87.6% of Southampton fans wouldn’t change their club
5. 88% of Manchester United fans wouldn’t change their club
4. 92.2% of Liverpool fans wouldn’t change their club
3. 92.3% of Everton fans wouldn’t change their club
2. 92.8% of Watford fans wouldn’t change their club

And in first place….

1. 94.1% of Crystal Palace fans wouldn’t change their club