{"id":2706,"date":"2026-06-29T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:09:02","slug":"tv-ratings-fox-sports-world-cup-pregame-show-is-way-up-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2706","title":{"rendered":"TV Ratings: Fox Sports\u2019 World Cup Pregame Show Is Way Up Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg> <span>Logo text<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tThe big audiences for the 2026 men\u2019s World Cup on Fox Sports have extended to the programming around the matches.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2704\">Penelope Keith, British Sitcom Star Best Known for \u2018The Good Life,\u2019 Dies at 86<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tFox\u2019s pregame show has more than doubled its audience from the 2022 World Cup, according to Nielsen figures for the first 12 days of the tournament. Through the second leg of the group stage, which concluded June 23, the pregame show is averaging a shade over 2.4 million viewers, a 117 percent improvement vs. the same point in 2022 (1.11 million).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe pregame is even running slightly ahead of match coverage on Fox Sports in terms of percentage gain. The first two legs of the group stage drew 5.62 million viewers on Fox, FS1 and Tubi, up 113 percent from 2.64 million for the group stage in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tHaving the World Cup on home turf \u2014\u00a0and back in its usual spot on the calendar \u2014 is certainly a big part of the ratings boost. The United States, Mexico and Canada are co-hosting the tournament, which means pregame shows start in the late morning or midday ET; the last men\u2019s World Cup was held in Qatar in the fall of 2022, which meant an eight- to 11-hour time difference in the U.S., depending on time zone. The later date (to avoid extreme summer heat in Qatar) also meant a much more crowded TV sports calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2702\">How Celyn Jones Lit Up North Wales With the Fabulously Mad \u2018Madfabulous\u2019: \u201cIt\u2019s Not a Moment, It\u2019s a Movement\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe primary Fox studio team of host Rebecca Lowe (on loan from NBC, where she hosts Premier League coverage) and analysts Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 and Alexi Lalas has come under considerable scrutiny, particularly early in the tournament. Henry and Ibrahimovi\u0107 are considered two of the greatest players of the past 30 years, and they were perceived as having a frosty relationship with former U.S. national team player Lalas, who has been with Fox since 2015.  Regardless of why, though, people are watching.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe World Cup as a whole has been big for both Fox and Telemundo\/Peacock, which has Spanish-langauge broadcast rights in the United States. The combined audience for the World Cup through June 23 was well above 10 million viewers per match.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFull ratings for the group stage, which ended Saturday, are expected in the next couple days.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2700\">Comcast to Split Into Two Companies via Spin-Off of NBCUniversal, Including Sky<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox&#8217;s World Cup pregame show has endured a lot of criticism so far, but its ratings are way up from the 2022 tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1256,345,1132,1133],"class_list":["post-2706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-fox-sports","tag-tv-ratings","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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