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http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/new-years-six-scores-espn.html
On New Year’s Eve, the Peach, Fiesta and Orange Bowls combined to average a 4.3 rating and 7.1 million viewers, the highest-rated and most-viewed NYE bowl tripleheader on an ESPN network since 1990. In addition, the viewership is up 53% from last year’s tripleheader and ratings were up 54%. Individually, all fared well.
On New Year’s Eve, the Peach, Fiesta and Orange Bowls combined to average a 4.3 rating and 7.1 million viewers, the highest-rated and most-viewed NYE bowl tripleheader on an ESPN network since 1990. In addition, the viewership is up 53% from last year’s tripleheader and ratings were up 54%. Individually, all fared well.
- The Peach Bowl with TCU blowing out Mississippi, averaged 5,013,000 viewers and a 3.4 rating.
- The Fiesta Bowl which had Boise State beating Arizona easily, saw an average of 7,406,000 viewers and a 4.6 rating.
- And the Orange Bowl pitting Georgia Tech and Mississippi State, garnered 8,935,000 viewers with a 5.0 rating making that the most-viewed New Year’s Eve game on ESPN in its history..
- UPDATE: Final viewership numbers are in and the first CFP semifinals didn’t just score big, they made history. The 2015 Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl are now the two most watched programs in the history of cable television with OSU-Bama just barely beating out FSU-Oregon. Both games surpass the previous record set by the 2011 BCS National Championship Game of 27.3 million viewers.