Texans-Bills was the most-viewed NFL Wild Card game ever on ESPN and ABC, if you can believe it
Houston's 22-19 overtime victory over the Bills averaged 26,409,000 viewers across ABC, ESPN, and ESPN Deportes.
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A whole lot of people watched the Patriots lose to the Titans
It could be a bit bittersweet for CBS executives, but they're certainly at least happy with the Saturday night numbers.
Rose Bowl and Citrus Bowl post impressive numbers for ESPN and ABC
There weren't any playoff games on New Year's Day this year, but some other bowls like the Rose and Citrus drew good numbers.
Some Ohio State fans claimed ESPN wanted Clemson, which drew 40 percent fewer viewers on average, over their school
Ohio State averaged 5.43 million viewers per game this year (for games where we have viewership data), while Clemson averaged 3.25 million. So the idea of an ESPN conspiracy to favor Clemson over Ohio State feels particularly stupid.
College Football Playoff semifinal ratings up six percent year-over-year but still can’t match New Year’s Day games
Clemson-Ohio State drew 21.2 million viewers, up nine percent from last year's late-night semi.
ESPN touts strong year of Monday Night Football ratings and viewership
Monday Night Football posted gains for the second consecutive year, and it remains ESPN (and cable's) most-watched series.
Adam Silver isn’t concerned about lower NBA ratings and he may have a point
“I’m not surprised that our ratings are down thus far. I'm not concerned, either."
Michael Kay beats Mike Francesa soundly in Francesa’s final ratings book, streaming data and all
The loss comes as Francesa steps back to a half-hour starting in 2020.
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NFL on CBS late window for Week 14 (largely featuring Chiefs-Patriots) draws their best rating in four years
This window was up 17 percent from last year's eighth doubleheader (Steelers-Saints on Dec. 23), and The NFL on CBS is up two percent on the year overall.
CBS posts their best CFB viewership in 29 years, including 13.7 million viewers for SEC championship game
The 13.7 million viewers for Saturday's SEC championship game mean that CBS had both the #1 and #2 CFB games so far this year.
Oregon’s 37-15 win over Utah was the most-watched Pac-12 Championship since 2014
This Pac-12 championship was up 44 percent over last year's.
What would the College Football Playoff look like if it went by teams’ 2019 viewership?
There are plenty of interesting elements in the regular-season viewership totals for the top 15 teams in the CFP rankings.
Adam Silver calls pay TV system “broken” as NBA struggles with early season ratings
Is the answer more games on network television?
Patriots-Texans averaged 22.0 million viewers for NBC, up 21 percent from 2018 and the highest for a Week 13 SNF game in nine...
This was the best SNF Week 13 rating since 2010's Ravens-Steelers clash.
