Rose, Sugar, Bowls Hit Non-Playoff Highs
Left out of the playoff, Ohio State and Georgia delivered a pair of multi-year highs on New Year's Day.
Left out of the playoff, Ohio State and Georgia delivered a pair of multi-year highs on New Year's Day.
The Sunday Night Football season increased for just the second time in the past eight years.
Like rival FOX, the NFL on CBS finished its season in positive territory for the first time in five years.
NFL on FOX ratings increased in Week 17, and for the full season.
The Peach Bowl delivered one of its largest audiences since moving to ESPN.
A pair of blowouts sank the College Football Playoff semifinals.
The final week of the NFL regular season was a mixed bag.
With neither game in doubt, overnight ratings for the College Football Playoff fell to New Year's Eve levels.
Kentucky-UNC scored the second-largest college hoops audience of the season.
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