Major League Soccer’s annual championship game, the Mls Cup, will air this year on ABC, marking first time the American pro league’s title match will appear on a broadcast network since ABC aired it in 2008. The game is set for Sunday, November 10 at 3 Pm Et/noon Pt and will also be available to stream live on the ESPN and ABC apps.
The shift to ABC comes as it’s Disney sibling ESPN’s turn to host the final as part of a contract with Fox and Univision. Last year’s Mls Cup on Fox, which saw the hometown Atlanta United beat the Portland Timbers 2-0 in front of an Mls-record crowd of 73,019 at Mercedes-Benz Arena, drew 1.56 million total viewers in primetime (on a Saturday), the most-watched Mls championship game since 1997. That was also up than 90% from the 2017 final.
ABC was the exclusive home of Mls Cup during Mls’ first 13 years,...
The shift to ABC comes as it’s Disney sibling ESPN’s turn to host the final as part of a contract with Fox and Univision. Last year’s Mls Cup on Fox, which saw the hometown Atlanta United beat the Portland Timbers 2-0 in front of an Mls-record crowd of 73,019 at Mercedes-Benz Arena, drew 1.56 million total viewers in primetime (on a Saturday), the most-watched Mls championship game since 1997. That was also up than 90% from the 2017 final.
ABC was the exclusive home of Mls Cup during Mls’ first 13 years,...
- 8/28/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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