Fox drew 7.252 million viewers for Saturday's Oklahoma-Texas showdown, making it the net's most-watched game of the season to date. The game was up 29% compared to last year's thriller (5.6 million viewers) and was the most-watched in the series since '09. It also was the most-watched game on any network Saturday. Meanwhile, ESPN on Saturday had its most-watched regular-season game in nearly two years, as the much-hyped primetime top 10 matchup between Florida and LSU averaged 6.45 million viewers. LSU's win drew the most viewers for the net since Alabama-Mississippi State drew 7.126 million on Nov. 11, 2017. Florida-LSU also drew one of the top 5 viewership figures all-time for ESPN in the month of October. The game peaked at 7.428 million viewers in the second half.
GREAT START TO THE DAY: While Oklahoma-Texas on Fox won the noon window, ESPN's telecast of the South Carolina-Georgia upset in the same window drew 3.247 million viewers. That represents ESPN's second-most watched game in nearly three years in that window, behind only Georgia-Missouri in '18 (3.392 million viewers).
SPEED DEMONS: NBC Sports averaged 199,000 viewers across its 16 IMSA races this season. Last year, the races averaged 128,000 viewers across Fox Sports networks.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFL: Jets-Cowboys (80%) |
10/13
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:30pm
|
12.2
|
21,422
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
10/13
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:15pm
|
9.5
|
16,369
|
| "TNF": Giants-Patriots |
10/10
|
Fox/
NFL Net
|
8:23-11:30pm
|
9.4
|
15,947
|
| "SNF": Steelers-Chargers |
10/13
|
NBC
|
8:23-11:30pm
|
8.6
|
14,887
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/13
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:15pm
|
7.7
|
12,998
|
| "MNF": Browns-49ers |
10/7
|
ESPN
|
8:14-11:16pm
|
NA
|
11,125
|
| College football: Oklahoma-Texas |
10/12
|
Fox
|
12:06-3:30pm
|
4.5
|
7,252
|
| College football: Florida-LSU |
10/8
|
ESPN
|
8:00-11:29pm
|
NA
|
6,450
|
| College football: Alabama-Texas A&M |
10/12
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
3.7
|
6,108
|
| ALCS: Yankees-Astros: Game 1 |
10/12
|
Fox
|
8:00pm-12:00am
|
3.6
|
6,108
|
| NLDS: Nationals-Dodgers: Game 5 |
10/9
|
TBS
|
8:27pm-12:42am
|
NA
|
5,856
|
| ALCS: Yankees-Astros: Game 2 |
10/13
|
FS1
|
8:00pm-12:02am
|
NA
|
5,587
|
| NLCS: Nationals-Cardinals: Game 1 |
10/11
|
TBS
|
8:00-11:37pm
|
NA
|
4,646
|
| ALDS: Astros-Rays: Game 4 |
10/8
|
FS1
|
7:00-10:59pm
|
NA
|
3,698
|
| College football: Penn State-Iowa |
10/12
|
ABC
|
7:37-11:00pm
|
2.2
|
3,695
|
| ALDS: Astros-Rays: Game 5 |
10/10
|
FS1
|
7:00-10:16pm
|
NA
|
3,665
|
| NLDS: Nationals-Dodgers: Game 4 |
10/7
|
TBS
|
7:17-10:13pm
|
NA
|
3,611
|
| NLDS: Cardinals-Braves: Game 5 |
10/9
|
TBS
|
4:55-8:27pm
|
NA
|
3,325
|
| College football: South Carolina-Georgia |
10/12
|
ESPN
|
12:00-3:47pm
|
NA
|
3,247
|
| College football: USC-Notre Dame |
10/12
|
NBC
|
7:30-11:00pm
|
1.9
|
3,161
|
| College football: Florida State-Clemson |
10/12
|
ABC
|
3:45-7:15pm
|
1.6
|
2,544
|
| College football: Michigan-Illinois |
10/12
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.4
|
2,134
|
| World Gymnastics Championships (Stuttgart) |
10/12
|
NBC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,051
|
