Fox Sports 1 Studio Shows Stumble Out of Gate

Fox Sports Live, Crowd Goes Wild deliver tiny audiences at outset

After getting off to a fast start a little more than a week ago, Fox Sports 1’s signature highlights show is having trouble finding an audience.

According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, Fox Sports Live put up some very soft numbers in its inaugural week. After bowing to 476,000 viewers on Aug. 17 (Saturday 10:45 p.m.-midnight EDT), the studio show dropped to 120,000 viewers on the following night and a mere 72,000 viewers on Monday. (By way of comparison, the late edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter averaged 1.94

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