OT: 2022 CFB TV Ratings

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I have to say.. can these numbers be trusted?

What happens, if, say, viewership is way down across the board.. do the TV ratings people still get funded as they have been?

Hmmm.. suspicious of this turn-around in ratings.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Most watched regular season game ever on Fox and most watched regular season game on any network in 11 years.

 

[Knight Shift]

Most watched regular season game ever on Fox and most watched regular season game on any network in 11 years.

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If the RU Maryland game was not on at the same time, their would have been 17,000,025 viewers watching. 😜

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Most watched regular season game ever on Fox and most watched regular season game on any network in 11 years.

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Aside from competition from various other CFB games, the tOSU-Michigan game was also competing against the World Cup. Super impressive ratings. Wait until the new contract kicks in with USC and UCLA. Big Ten ratings will amaze.

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

World Cup viewership for USA-England breaks record

The World Cup viewership for USA-England is in, and it's a colossal number. Black Friday's FIFA World Cup game between the United States and England scored 19.9 million viewers across FOX Sports and Telemundo Deportes on television and streaming combined. Of that, 15.377 million watched the game...

worldsoccertalk.com

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Cowboys vs. Giants Breaks All-Time TV Audience Record

The Dallas Cowboys' 28-20 win over the New York Giants on Thanksgiving Day at AT&T Stadium attracted 42 million television viewers, shattering a record that existed for three decades.

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[brgRC90]

It's a little baffling why Ohio State and Michigan, which are in the slowest growing region in the country, get such great ratings. I'd be interested in seeing where the viewers are.

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Yikes. The World Cup certainly didn't help.

 

[Scarlet16E]

It's a little baffling why Ohio State and Michigan, which are in the slowest growing region in the country, get such great ratings. I'd be interested in seeing where the viewers are.

What's to be baffled by? Thanksgiving weekend has a lot of people watching by default. Especially in the northern states where weather is getting chilly outdoors. And "The Game" had juice this year with it being #2 vs #3. Both Schools have a national following, plus every TV in those 2 states was watching.

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

It's a little baffling why Ohio State and Michigan, which are in the slowest growing region in the country, get such great ratings. I'd be interested in seeing where the viewers are.

States with large populations playing in a conference with large population centers. Also, people tune in for rivalry games and for games between undefeated teams. The Big 10 market area is a lot larger than the SEC.

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[raritan1]

There were more people in the Horseshoe watching Ohio State Michigan than people watching RU MD on TV.

 

[rutgersguy1]

 

[rutgersguy1]

From the article:

Saturday’s Georgia-Ohio State CFP semifinal at the Peach Bowl averaged 22.1 million viewers on the ESPN family of networks, per Nielsen fast-nationals — marking the most-watched CFP semifinal since the Georgia-Oklahoma Rose Bowl five years ago (26.9M).

Earlier Saturday, the TCU-Michigan Fiesta Bowl averaged 21.4 million — the highest for an early semifinal since the aforementioned Georgia-Oklahoma Rose Bowl in ’18.

The two semifinals averaged 21.7 million viewers, up 28% from last year and the highest since ’18.

Shifting to the non-playoff New Year’s Six bowls, the Alabama-Kansas State Sugar Bowl led off Saturday’s slate with 9.0 million viewers — unsurprisingly down from last year’s Sugar Bowl, which aired in primetime on New Year’s Day (Baylor-Mississippi: 9.8M).

Alabama’s easy win, which peaked with 10.1 million viewers, still ranks as the most-watched CFP semifinal lead-in since year one of the playoff in 2015.

Friday’s Tennessee-Clemson Orange Bowl averaged 8.6 million, the largest audience for that game — not counting years when it hosted a semifinal — since 2017.

 

[rutgersguy1]

From the article:

The Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl hit historic viewership lows, while the Gator Bowl scored its top audience in seven years.


Monday’s Penn State-Utah Rose Bowl averaged 10.19 million viewers on ESPN, down 39% from Ohio State-Utah on New Year’s Day last year (16.63M) and easily the smallest audience ever for the game. The previous low was 13.55 million for Stanford-Iowa in 2016. Ratings were not immediately available.

While this year’s game aired on January 2 rather than January 1, that has not typically been a major drag on the numbers. The previous January 2 Rose Bowl in 2017 — USC-Penn State — averaged 15.74 million viewers, actually up from the previous year (the aforementioned Stanford-Iowa game).

Earlier in the day, the Tulane-USC Cotton Bowl averaged just 4.17 million — the smallest audience ever for a New Year’s Six (or Bowl Championship Series) game. The previous low was 5.01 million for the December 2014 Peach Bowl between TCU and Mississippi.

The Green Wave’s win also ranks as the least-watched Cotton Bowl since 2005 (4.02M).

 

[rutgersguy1]

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