While UFC 206 may not have pulled in big numbers when broadcast as a pay-per-view on December 10th, it sure hit the jackpot as far as television ratings when the card was rebroadcast on FOX on Christmas Eve.
TV By The Numbers reports that UFC 206 on FOX averaged 4.7 million viewers, with a 1.6/6 Nielsen rating in the highly-coveted 18-49 demographic. It was the highest rated broadcast across all of the four major American television networks (NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX) during the 8-10 PM ET primetime slot. The other networks aired mostly Christmas-themed programming, with NBC’s re-airing of the holiday cinematic classic, It’s a Wonderful Life pulling in 4.