For the first three years of NBC’s sterling presentation of the Premier League, no metropolitan area gobbled up coverage like Washington, D.C. As the fourth season reaches its conclusion this week, the nation’s capital is again among the network’s strongest markets.
Barring a late viewership surge, however, a feisty neighbor will claim the title of the city with the densest support of the world’s most popular soccer league: Baltimore.
Through Monday’s matches on NBC and NBCSN, Charm City leads the way, followed by Washington and Austin. Baltimore was tied for fifth in the ratings last year and finished third in 2013-14.