Kansas-North Carolina was most-watched NCAA Tournament men’s basketball championship game ever on cable
The average of 18.1 million viewers here was the third-highest ever for any NCAA men's basketball broadcast on cable.
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North Carolina’s Final Four win over Duke was most-watched men’s semifinal since 2017
The 16.3 million average audience for UNC-Duke by fast nationals and streaming metrics is expected to go up even further once out-of-home viewing is factored into the final TV numbers.
Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was most-watched IndyCar opener in 11 years, up 53 percent from last year’s opener
This was the most-watched IndyCar opener since the 2011 St. Petersburg race.
CBS says Raiders-Cowboys Thanksgiving game averaged 38.5 million viewers, highest NFL regular-season audience since 1990
The Cowboys have been involved in several high ratings points this year, but this one really stands out.
NHL on ESPN opening night was the most-watched season-opening doubleheader on record
Both of ESPN's first-night matchups performed well.
The NCAA Tournament’s “First Four” games set a viewership record, helped by two games airing on TBS rather than truTV
Michigan State-UCLA (which averaged 3.15 million viewers) and Drake-Wichita State (which averaged 2 million viewers) both aired on TBS rather than truTV, which was part of the First Four setting an overall viewership record.
ABC’s three CFB windows all recorded season-high viewership Saturday, with Ohio State-Penn State their best game so far
ABC's three games Saturday averaged 4,940,000 viewers, their best tripleheader performance since Week 9 in 2019.
Univision/TUDN Spanish-language UEFA Champions League Final coverage averaged 2.05 million viewers, the best U.S. numbers since 2015
Spanish-language coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final Sunday averaged 2.05 million viewers on Univision and TUDN, a 41 percent jump over their coverage last year.
WWE Raw set an all-time low in viewers Monday
The average of 1.68 million viewers for Monday's WWE Raw was the worst number the show had ever recorded.
The Last Dance kept most of its initial audience for episodes 3 and 4, averaging 5.9 million viewers across those episodes
Episode 3 (9-10 p.m. Eastern) averaged 6.1 million viewers in Nielsen live+same day ratings, while Episode 4 (10-11 p.m. Eastern) averaged 5.7 million viewers.
ESPN averaged 6.3 million viewers for The Last Dance’s first episode, 6.1 million viewers across episodes 1 and 2
The audience for The Last Dance's first two episodes ranks as the most-watched telecast among adults 18-34 and 18-49 since sports halted across broadcast and cable networks.
ESPN lost 62 percent of its year-over-year audience for the week ending April 12th
ESPN is one of the cable channels hardest-hit (in terms of viewership) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Combate Americas draws record 274,000 viewers in adults 18-49 demo for Garcia-Bandenay event, 511,000 viewers overall
Combate Americas' first fight of 2020 drew a record demo audience on Univision, and was also their second-most-watched event overall on that network.
