I'm happy to admit I was wrong about the idea of EPL matches being shown on tape delay in direct competition with NFL games.:
Due to the success of the EPL on Fox Sunday replays of games played earlier in the day, Fox is going to be showing a few upcoming games live over broadcast TV. These will be the first EPL games broadcast live over a non cable network in the U.S.
FOX to Broadcast Arsenal vs. Manchester United LIVE on Jan 22
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FOX’s broadcast of Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat of Chelsea on Nov. 20 is the most-watched Barclays Premier League match of the three on the network, delivering a 1.1 household rating, with 1.67 million total viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Of the five international soccer matches broadcast on FOX since 2010, only 2011s UEFA Champions League Final between Barcelona and Manchester United drew a bigger audience (2.6 million) than Chelsea-Liverpool in November.
Showing the Arsenal against Manchester United live on free-to-air television in the United States will hopefully boost FOX’s TV ratings for the live broadcast of Chelsea against Manchester United, scheduled to be shown live on Super Bowl Sunday on FOX at 11am ET.
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