CBS drew 13.6 million viewers for the Iron Bowl last Saturday, marking the best college football audience this season to date and the best for the Alabama-Auburn matchup since ’13. Last year’s game drew 8.2 million viewers. Meanwhile, Fox’ first-ever Ohio State-Michigan game drew 10.5 million viewers, down from 16.8 million viewers last year on ABC in the same window, and down from 10.8 million viewers two years ago.
The chart below lists final audience figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
NFL: Chargers-Cowboys
(Thanksgiving) |
11/23
|
CBS
|
4:32-7:21pm
|
11.1
|
26,277
|
NFL: Vikings-Lions
(Thanksgiving) |
11/23
|
Fox
|
12:36-4:04pm
|
11.4
|
24,736
|
NFL nat'l window:
Saints-Rams (82%) |
11/26
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:47pm
|
11.6
|
19,901
|
| "SNF": Packers-Steelers |
11/26
|
NBC
|
8:31-11:34pm
|
11.0
|
18,954
|
NFL: Giants-Redskins
(Thanksgiving) |
11/23
|
NBC
|
8:31-11:26pm
|
8.2
|
16,905
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
11/26
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:28pm
|
8.9
|
15,361
|
College football:
Alabama-Auburn |
11/25
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
7.6
|
13,657
|
| NFL: (regional) |
11/26
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
6.5
|
10,910
|
| "MNF": Falcons-Seahawks |
11/20
|
ESPN
|
8:15-11:53pm
|
8.4
|
10,758
|
College football:
Ohio State-Michigan |
11/25
|
Fox
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
6.1
|
10,507
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/23
|
CBS
|
4:00-4:32pm
|
4.0
|
9,043
|
| "Football Night in America" |
11/26
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:15pm
|
4.3
|
7,397
|
| "Fox NFL Special" |
11/23
|
Fox
|
11:30am-12:27pm
|
3.0
|
5,277
|
College football:
Notre Dame-Stanford |
11/25
|
ABC
|
8:07-11:41pm
|
3.0
|
5,263
|
| College football: USF-UCF |
11/24
|
ABC
|
3:32-7:30pm
|
2.7
|
4,644
|
| College football: Miami-Pitt |
11/24
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:32pm
|
2.8
|
4,562
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/26
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
2.8
|
4,314
|
College football:
Clemson-South Carolina |
11/25
|
ESPN
|
7:34-10:45pm
|
2.2
|
4,032
|
College football:
Texas Tech-Texas |
11/24
|
Fox
|
8:16pm-12:22am
|
2.1
|
3,609
|
| NBA: Warriors-Thunder |
11/22
|
ESPN
|
8:00-10:35pm
|
1.9
|
3,230
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/26
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
2.0
|
3,036
|
College football:
Georgia-Georgia Tech |
11/25
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:15pm
|
1.7
|
2,766
|
| National Dog Show |
11/23
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
1.7
|
2,718
|
College football:
Wisconsin-Minnesota |
11/25
|
ABC
|
3:30-6:25pm
|
1.5
|
2,600
|
College football:
Missouri-Arkansas |
11/24
|
CBS
|
2:30-6:30pm
|
n/a
|
2,502
|
College football:
Ole Miss-Mississippi State |
11/23
|
ESPN
|
7:24-11:14pm
|
n/a
|
2,468
|
College football:
Washington State-Washington |
11/25
|
Fox
|
8:16-11:33pm
|
1.3
|
2,390
|
| "College GameDay" |
11/25
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:00pm
|
n/a
|
2,291
|
| NBA: Lakers-Kings |
11/22
|
ESPN
|
10:35pm-12:53am
|
n/a
|
2,151
|
College football:
Virginia Tech-Virginia |
11/24
|
ESPN
|
8:04-11:04pm
|
n/a
|
2,144
|
College football:
Florida State-Florida |
11/25
|
ESPN
|
12:01-3:31pm
|
1.2
|
2,056
|
College football:
Michigan State-Rutgers |
11/25
|
Fox
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.2
|
2,012
|
CFB afternoon:
West Virginia-Oklahoma |
11/25
|
ESPN
|
3:47-7:31pm
|
1.1
|
1,898
|
| College basketball: Duke-Texas |
11/24
|
ESPN
|
5:39-8:04pm
|
n/a
|
1,889
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
11/23
|
Fox
|
10:30-11:30am
|
1.1
|
1,785
|
Figure Skating:
Bridgestone Skate America |
11/26
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,462
|
| Liga MX: Tigres UANL-Leon |
11/25
|
Univision
|
7:30-10:00pm
|
0.6
|
1,217
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
11/26
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,178
|
Figure Skating:
Bridgestone Skate America |
11/25
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,151
|
| EPL: Liverpool-Chelsea |
11/25
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.6
|
1,052
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (taped) |
11/25
|
CBS
|
1:30-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
590
|
| "World of X Games: Peace Park" |
11/26
|
ABC
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.3
|
344
|
| "World of X Games: Dropping Next" |
11/26
|
ABC
|
3:30-4:00pm
|
0.2
|
307
|
