Fox drew 13.6 million viewers for Ohio State's win over Wisconsin on Saturday night, marking the second-best Big Ten football championship since the event began in '11. The only game to draw a higher audience was Michigan State-Ohio State in '13. OSU-Wisconsin is up from 8.7 million viewers last year for OSU-Northwestern. Meanwhile, ABC on Saturday night drew just under 4 million viewers for Clemson's rout of Virginia, marking the least-viewed ACC Championship since '12, when FSU beat Georgia Tech on ESPN. This year's game also is the lowest on ABC for the ACC title game since Virginia Tech-Boston College drew 3.9 million viewers in '08.
NOTES: ABC and Fox both finished the season averaging 5.1 million viewers for college football games in the 12:00pm ET window....A national window featuring Patriots-Chiefs led CBS to its best Sunday NFL regular-season doubleheader in four years. CBS remains up 8% compared to the same point in the NFL season in '18.
The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFL: Patriots-Chiefs (83%) |
12/8
|
CBS
|
4:25-7:45pm
|
16.1
|
28,113
|
| "TNF": Cowboys-Bears |
12/5
|
Fox/
NFL Net
|
8:23-11:01pm
|
10.8
|
18,226
|
| Seahawks-Rams |
12/8
|
NBC
|
8:23-11:07pm
|
10.2
|
17,875
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
12/8
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:05pm
|
10.4
|
17,763
|
| "MNF": Vikings-Seahawks |
12/2
|
ESPN
|
8:13-11:33pm
|
8.2
|
14,030
|
| SEC Championship: LSU-Georgia |
12/7
|
CBS
|
4:00-7:45pm
|
7.9
|
13,703
|
| Big Ten Championship: Ohio State-Wisconsin |
12/7
|
Fox
|
8:19-11:50pm
|
7.6
|
13,550
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/8
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:15pm
|
7.6
|
12,593
|
| Big 12 Championship: Oklahoma-Baylor |
12/7
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:47pm
|
5.5
|
8,700
|
| Pac-12 Championship: Oregon-Utah |
12/6
|
ABC
|
8:07-11:50pm
|
3.5
|
5,856
|
| ACC Championship: Clemson-Virginia |
12/7
|
ABC
|
7:38-11:10pm
|
2.4
|
3,970
|
| AAC Championship: Memphis-Cincinnati |
12/7
|
ABC
|
3:47-7:15pm
|
1.9
|
2,878
|
Liga MX: Apertura Semifinals:
Club America-Monarcas: Leg 1 |
12/5
|
Univision/
TUDN
|
9:00-11:31pm
|
1.0
|
1,843
|
| "College GameDay" |
12/7
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,747
|
| College basketball: Michigan-Louisville |
12/3
|
ESPN
|
7:30-9:35pm
|
1.1
|
1,660
|
| NBA: Lakers-Trail Blazers |
12/6
|
ESPN
|
10:35pm-1:11am
|
1.1
|
1,618
|
| College basketball: Duke-Michigan State |
12/3
|
ESPN
|
9:35-11:42pm
|
1.1
|
1,586
|
| College basketball: Ohio State-North Carolina |
12/4
|
ESPN
|
9:32-11:36pm
|
1.0
|
1,537
|
| "Monday Night Countdown" |
12/2
|
ESPN
|
6:00-8:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,497
|
Liga MX: Apertura Semifinals:
Chivas-Necaxa: Leg 2 |
12/7
|
Univision/
TUDN
|
9:00-11:35pm
|
0.7
|
1,317
|
| PGA Tour: Hero Challenge: final round |
12/7
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,304
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
12/8
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,150
|
| NBA: Nuggets-Celtics |
12/6
|
ESPN
|
8:13-10:35pm
|
0.7
|
1,107
|
Liga MX: Apertura Semifinals:
Club America-Monarcas: Leg 2 |
12/8
|
TUDN
|
7:00-9:35pm
|
n/a
|
1,097
|
| Golf: PNC Father/Son Challenge (taped) |
12/7
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.5
|
665
|
| College basketball: Florida-Butler |
12/7
|
Fox
|
12:04-2:30pm
|
0.4
|
526
|
| Golf: Father/Son Challenge |
12/8
|
NBC
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
523
|
