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ESPN Rides College Football Playoffs to More Record-Setting Viewership Totals
The two games together averaged 22.6 million viewers, which is the best viewership total since 2017 and third-best all-time.
Peacock Sees Highest Ever Audience with NFL Christmas Eve
“Winning the night in primetime is a strong sign heading into our upcoming Peacock exclusive NFL Wild Card playoff game on Jan. 13.”
FOX Sees Most-Watched Christmas Day Program in Network History With Eagles/Giants
The nature of this year's game may have helped, as not only was it a matchup between NFC East rivals, but the game was close until the final whistle.
CBS Tops Christmas Day With 29 Million Viewers for Raiders/Chiefs
The 1 PM ET contest hit 29 million viewers across CBS and Nickelodeon, the largest audience for a December 25 game since 1989.
The Athletic’s Jeff Schultz Announces Retirement
"I learned a long time ago I could write a critical column and still have a working relationship with people if they believed you were being fair."
FOX Sees 31.5 Million Viewers for Christmas Eve Dolphins/Cowboys Matchup
Outside of Thanksgiving Day, Cowboys-Dolphins was this season's most-watched NFL telecast on any network.
Monday Night Football Draws 2nd Biggest Audience Since 1996 With Christmas Matchup
Christmas night's contest between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers drew 27.2 million viewers.
Rachel Nichols: There’s a Stockholm Syndrome When Working at ESPN
“When you’re in that ESPN world, there is a lot of sort of Stockholm syndrome of, this is the only thing that matters,"
Jason Dixon: SiriusXM Can’t Outlocalize Local Stations
"What we can do that maybe the local station can’t if we've got Phil Simms on talking about them or Coach K is talking college basketball on our college sports channel."
ESPN and ABC NBA Game Viewership Increased From Last Season
ESPN and ABC reported that viewership across the networks is up 16 percent from last season, averaging 1,712,000 viewers per game.