NBC Sports hopes to keep the nation’s summer of soccer alive, capitalizing on interest in its World Cup broadcasts on Telemundo and Peacock for its annual focus on Premier League play. NBC Sports and the league on Thursday launched “Find Your Match,” a shareable, 11-question interactive quiz that matches die-hard fans or even the simply
The 2026 FIFA World Cup continues to break records on American English-language television. Tuesday’s match between Spain and France averaged 11.462 million viewers this Tuesday on Fox, making it the most-watched FIFA Men’s World Cup semi-final broadcast in the history of English-language television in the United States. That record audience saw Spain eliminate France and
The FIFA World Cup final halftime show continues to grow. Variety has learned exclusively that the event will now also include members of the New York Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, who will jointly perform a tribute to Venezuela in the wake of its recent devastating earthquakes. Gustavo Dudamel, the outgoing
Fox’s coverage of Monday night’s World Cup match between the United States men’s national soccer team and Belgium on Monday, July 6, drew record ratings, averaging 33,086,000 viewers, making it the most-watched soccer broadcast in U.S. history. These are numbers at the NFL level for the confrontation between Belgium and USMNT. In fact, this made
Three years after signing on with CBS’ “The Late Late Show,” James Corden is having fun hosting Fox’s World Cup after-show, “After Hours With James Corden.” In the latest episode of the “Daily Variety” podcast, the all-rounder talks about the joy of giving himself over to his lifelong love of football and why the call
The U.S. men’s national soccer team was eliminated from the World Cup in a tough 4-1 loss Monday night to Belgium in the round of 16 of the world soccer tournament. Belgium defeated the United States in a match held in front of a full house at the Seattle Stadium. The game is expected to