The World Cup Was A Major Win For Fox
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Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
For the past month, millions of people have been glued to the television, watching as many Word Cup games as possible. And for fans in the U.S., that has meant spending a lot of time with the broadcast team at Fox. With the dust still settling on the tournament, sports media journalist Richard Deitsch joins us to discuss Fox's coverage, what they did and didn't do well, and why, no matter what you think of them, their broadcast was a major success.
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| 0:46.0 | For the past month, many of us have been absolutely glued to the television watching as much of the World Cup as we possibly can. |
| 1:01.0 | And for fans in the US, that has meant spending a lot of time with the broadcast team at Fox. |
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| 1:19.0 | Sunday morning, 9 a.m. Eastern time, there's only one place that you need to be. |
| 1:25.0 | That is in front of your television watching Fox. |
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| 1:36.0 | Today with the dust still settling on the 2022 World Cup, sports media journalist Richard Dijche of the Athletic joins us to discuss Fox coverage of the tournament, |
| 1:46.0 | what they did and didn't do well, and what lessons might be carried over into 2026? |
| 1:51.0 | Plus, what the TV ratings tell us about the state of soccer in the US? |
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