North Dakota State beat James Madison on Saturday to secure its eighth FCS title in the last nine years, and the game averaged 2.69 million viewers on ABC. It is the first the time the FCS title game has been on broadcast TV since '94. That figure is easily the best for any of NDSU’s championships, which all aired on ESPN2. Last year, the title game win over Eastern Washington averaged just over 1 million viewers.
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FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VIEWERSHIP TREND
|
|
YEAR
|
NETWORK
|
MATCHUP
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|
'20
|
ABC
|
North Dakota State-James Madison
|
2,686
|
|
'19
|
ESPN2
|
North Dakota State-Eastern Washington
|
1,004
|
|
'18
|
ESPN2
|
North Dakota State-James Madison
|
1,515
|
|
'17
|
ESPN2
|
James Madison-Youngstown State
|
1,562
|
|
'16
|
ESPN2
|
North Dakota State-Jacksonville State
|
1,350
|
|
'15
|
ESPN2
|
North Dakota State-Illinois State
|
1,444
|
|
'14
|
ESPN2
|
North Dakota State-Towson
|
1,243
|
|
'13
|
ESPN2
|
North Dakota State-Sam Houston State
|
1,104
|
|
'12
|
ESPN2
|
North Dakota State-Sam Houston State
|
1,339
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The chart below lists viewership figures for select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFC Divisional Playoff: Packers-Seahawks |
1/12
|
Fox
|
6:41-10:00pm
|
20.0
|
37,244
|
| AFC Divisional Playoff: Chiefs-Texans |
1/12
|
CBS
|
3:06-6:30pm
|
20.3
|
35,396
|
| AFC Divisional Playoff: Titans-Ravens |
1/11
|
CBS
|
8:16-11:30pm
|
16.0
|
29,412
|
| NFC Divisional Playof: 49ers-Vikings |
1/11
|
NBC
|
4:36-7:45pm
|
16.6
|
29,294
|
| FCS Championship: North Dakota State-JMU |
1/11
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:13pm
|
1.8
|
2,686
|
| College basketball: Michigan State-Purdue |
1/12
|
CBS
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
1.5
|
2,159
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
1/12
|
ESPN
|
12:00-3:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,985
|
| NBA: Lakers-Mavericks |
1/10
|
ESPN
|
9:41pm-12:19am
|
1.1
|
1,794
|
| NBA: Rockets-Thunder |
1/9
|
TNT
|
9:36-11:58pm
|
1.0
|
1,577
|
| College basketball: Baylor-Kansas |
1/11
|
CBS
|
1:00-3:15pm
|
1.0
|
1,544
|
| LendingTree Bowl: Louisiana-Miami |
1/6
|
ESPN
|
7:29-10:44pm
|
0.9
|
1,446
|
| "CFB 150: Football Is Us" |
1/11
|
ABC
|
3:13-4:30pm
|
0.9
|
1,380
|
| EPL: Liverpool-Tottenham |
1/11
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.8
|
1,189
|
| College basketball: Alabama-Kentucky |
1/11
|
ESPN
|
12:00-2:03pm
|
0.7
|
1,123
|
| College basketball: Ohio State-Indiana |
1/11
|
Fox
|
12:02-2:19pm
|
0.8
|
1,097
|
| NBA: Celtics-76ers |
1/9
|
TNT
|
7:14-9:36pm
|
0.7
|
1,063
|
| NBA: Nuggets-Mavericks |
1/8
|
ESPN
|
7:44-10:06pm
|
0.7
|
1,038
|
| NBA: Bucks-Warriors |
1/8
|
ESPN
|
10:06pm-12:34am
|
0.7
|
1,024
|
| "Postseason NFL Countdown" |
1/11
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-12:00pm
|
n/a
|
968
|
| NBA: Pelicans-Knicks |
1/10
|
ESPN
|
7:18-9:41pm
|
0.7
|
948
|
| College basketball: Creighton-Xavier |
1/11
|
Fox
|
2:19-4:30pm
|
0.5
|
672
|
| Monster Energy Supercross (taped) |
1/12
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
0.3
|
485
|
