USFL Released Their Week 2 Viewership Numbers And Things Are Not Looking Good For Their Future

The United States Football League expected TV ratings to take a dip in Week 2, and it did so in a big way. However, the news isn’t all bad.

As reported by the Sports TV Ratings Twitter account, the Saturday Maulers-Stars game on Fox drew an average audience of 1.056 million. The Breakers-Bandits blowout on NBC generated 812,000.

USFL on broadcast networkss week 2:

Fox, Saturday: 1.056M (Pittsburgh/Philadelphia)
NBCm Sunday : 812K (New Orleans/Tampa Bay)

reaction: disappointing week 2 numbers.

— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) April 26, 2022

In Week One, the Fox and NBC games attracted audiences of 3 million and 2.153 million.

Some recent spring football audience comps for Week 1 vs. Week 2:

USFL viewership down around 57% (4 games each week).

XFL in 2020 saw 34% drop (also 4 games each week).

Alliance of American Football in 2019 saw 69% drop (2 games Week 1; 4 games Week 2) pic.twitter.com/LXXAcbGS1E

— Austin Karp (@AustinKarp) April 26, 2022

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For the good news, NBC’s audience for spring football was larger than its Premier League number. Also, the USFL on both NBC and Fox outdrew the NHL on ABC.

on the other hand NBC's # still topped NBC's Premier League telecast and both NBC & FOX's # topped NHL on ABC.

— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) April 26, 2022

Standings so far through two weeks:

North Division
Generals (1-1)

Stars (1-1)

Panthers (0-2)

Maulers (0-2)

South Division
Breakers (2-0)

Stallions (2-0)

Gamblers (1-1)

Bandits (1-1)