Ratings Reference

Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers

Nielsen average audience: 1,580,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2024-03-28 Thursday
Networks
ESPN
1,580,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2024-03-29

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
1,580,000
… the Cubs-Rangers MLB Opening Night game averaged 1.58 million viewers on ESPN — down 4% from White Sox-Astros last year (1.64M) … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

1,640,000
2023-03-30 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−3.7% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.