The audience has been with the Premier League for many, many years. The 10 December match between Manchester City and Manchester United drew 902,000 viewers, 71% more than Premier League matches telecast at the same time all of last season. But the Premier League seems to have found a niche here – if, for no other reason, that it has a spot in the US sports landscape. At a shade under two hours, a soccer game, unlike a plodding, three-hour-plus American football game, requires less of a time investment. “What we’ve tried to do from the start is talk in a normal way about football,” Earle said.

Source: The Guardian December 14, 2017 13:41 UTC