- Friday night’s Pittsburgh/West Virginia game drew a solid 2.5/5 U.S. rating and 4.1 million viewers on ESPN2, the highest rated, most-viewed Friday night college football game of the season on the ESPN family of networks, and the top game of the season on ESPN2. Meanwhile, the Nevada/Boise St. nightcap drew a 1.8/4 and 3.0 million viewers. (pifeedback.com)
- Local college football ratings: Friday’s Alabama/Auburn game drew a massive 48.7/77 on WIAT in Birmingham, AL. Meanwhile, Illinois/Cincinnati drew a 17.0/33 on Cincinnati’s WCPO, and Nebraska/Colorado drew a 6.9/18 on Denver’s KMGH. (pifeedback.com)
- Saturday’s Notre Dame/Stanford game drew a 6.0/13 in the Los Angeles market, nearly doubling the Lakers’ win against the Warriors on KCAL that same night (3.1/6). Notre Dame/Stanford also drew a 3.1/6 in Dallas, topping Mavericks/Cavaliers on KTXA (2.9/6). (pifeedback.com)
World Cup group stage a viewership hit for Fox, Telemundo
The first North American World Cup since 1994 met all viewership expectations in the group stage, and then some.
