ESPN has been setting cable ratings records pretty routinely since it started airing "Monday Night Football" a few seasons back. The sports channel set another new mark Monday night (Jan. 10), this time with a college football game.
The BCS championship game, in which Auburn beat Oregon, 22-19, drew the biggest audience in the history of cable TV with 27.3 million viewers. The matchup of college football's two top-ranked teams and a tight game throughout -- Auburn won on a field goal as time ran out -- helped keep the audience glued to the screen.
The previous high-water mark for a cable telecast was a "Monday Night Football" game between the Packers and Vikings in October 2009; it drew 21.8 million viewers.
This year was the first that the BCS title game aired on cable, and it didn't appear to hurt the audience much. ESPN says the total-viewer count was higher than eight of the previous 12 BCS championships. The Auburn-Oregon game also blew away everything on the broadcast networks Monday night; the nets mostly went with reruns, and the most-watched show was a "Two and a Half Men" repeat on CBS, which drew 10.3 million viewers.
The five BCS bowl games averaged 16.7 million viewers for ESPN.
The BCS championship game, in which Auburn beat Oregon, 22-19, drew the biggest audience in the history of cable TV with 27.3 million viewers. The matchup of college football's two top-ranked teams and a tight game throughout -- Auburn won on a field goal as time ran out -- helped keep the audience glued to the screen.
The previous high-water mark for a cable telecast was a "Monday Night Football" game between the Packers and Vikings in October 2009; it drew 21.8 million viewers.
This year was the first that the BCS title game aired on cable, and it didn't appear to hurt the audience much. ESPN says the total-viewer count was higher than eight of the previous 12 BCS championships. The Auburn-Oregon game also blew away everything on the broadcast networks Monday night; the nets mostly went with reruns, and the most-watched show was a "Two and a Half Men" repeat on CBS, which drew 10.3 million viewers.
The five BCS bowl games averaged 16.7 million viewers for ESPN.
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