Despite slight year-over-year rise, Fox’s U.S. Open final round coverage still saw the third-lowest viewership ever
The 3.6 overnight was a slight year-over-year boost, but the third-lowest final round number on record.
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Joe Buck got repeat U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka’s girlfriend Jena Sims’ name right this time, and she’s forgiven him
This time around, Buck didn't even identify Sims at all at first.
Fox lost U.S. Open audio halfway through a Jack Nicklaus interview, went without audio for 15 minutes
"The reviews are in, they're saying we've never sounded better."
Fox U.S. Open broadcast commentary changes to someone saying “we were f*cking so hard, and I headbutted her in the head”
"That's when we were f***ing so hard, and I headbutted her in the head."
Holly Sonders referenced “the entire days of sexual qualifying” on air, Shane Bacon and Brad Faxon somehow kept straight faces
"Head to www.USOpen.com, and everything will be there, the entire days of sexual qualifying."
Fox is moving away from a three-person booth at the U.S. Open
FOX will actually have two two-man booths with defined holes in an effort to simplify things.