College Football Playoff Ratings Good, or Not, Depending on Expectations
The third edition of the College Football Playoff put up good numbers by most standards, but still came nowhere close...
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The third edition of the College Football Playoff put up good numbers by most standards, but still came nowhere close...
The Sun Bowl was the least-watched in several years. In other news, the Liberty Bowl was no match for last...
Overnight ratings bounced back for the Rose and Sugar bowls, but remained among the lowest in recent memory. The USC/Penn...
After a huge freshman year and a sophomore slump, the third edition of the College Football Playoff split the difference...
Given the decline of the non-playoff bowl games in the post-BCS era, Friday's Orange Bowl delivered strong numbers for ESPN....
Out-of-home viewing provided a modest lift to ESPN's college football viewership in October. In other news, TNT earned its top...
A rough stretch for the college football bowl season continued Thursday, with one notable exception. The Virginia Tech/Arkansas Belk Bowl...
ESPN scored the largest audience of the bowl season for the Russell Athletic Bowl. In other news, ESPN's NBA Christmas...
Christian McCafferty and Leonard Fournette are not the only ones skipping the bowl season. Dating back to Christmas Eve, nine...
The lowest rated season of Monday Night Football ended with one of the series' largest audiences in years. Lions/Cowboys had...

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