SEC on ABC viewership reportedly down 32.5 percent in Week 10 amid YouTube dispute originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. An October surprise hit millions of sports fans last week as Disney-owned ESPN and ABC saw a steep ratings decline amid their contract dispute with YouTube TV.

Google declined a request from Disney to allow ABC back on YouTube TV for election coverage as the two giants are negotiating streaming rights.

The platform pulled over 20 Disney-owned channels on October 30, with conflicting reports about credit offers appearing on some subscribers' accounts.

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Disney asked YouTube to add ABC ahead of Election Day. YouTube TV said in the past two elections, its viewers largely did not watch ABC.

A significant chunk of video programming from ABC and ESPN is unavailable due to Google and Disney's inability to reach a licensing deal. On Thursday night, YouTube TV’s parent Google announced it was losing access to Disney content,

NFL legend J.J. Watt went on a passionate rant about the ongoing contract standoff between ESPN and YouTube TV.