Top 20 Most-Viewed Programs in Cable Television (Viewers) |
Rank |
Date |
Program |
Network |
Viewers (000s) |
1 |
1/12/15 |
CFB/National Championship: Oregon-Ohio State^ |
ESPN |
33,395 |
2 |
1/1/15 |
CFB/Sugar Bowl: Alabama-Ohio St. ^^ |
ESPN |
28,271 |
3 |
1/1/15 |
CFB/Rose Bowl: Oregon-Florida St. ^^ |
ESPN |
28,164 |
4 |
1/10/11 |
CFB/BCS Champ: Oregon-Auburn |
ESPN |
27,316 |
5 |
1/7/13 |
CFB/BCS Champ: Alabama-Notre Dame |
ESPN |
26,380 |
6 |
1/6/14 |
CFB/BCS Champ: Florida St.-Auburn |
ESPN |
25,572 |
7 |
1/9/12 |
CFB/BCS Champ: Alabama-LSU |
ESPN |
24,214 |
8 |
10/5/09 |
NFL MNF: Green Bay-Minnesota |
ESPN |
21,839 |
9 |
1/3/15 |
NFL Wild Card: Arizona-Carolina^^^ |
ESPN |
21,678 |
10 |
11/30/09 |
NFL MNF: New England-New Orleans |
ESPN |
21,402 |
11 |
1/1/11 |
CFB/Rose Bowl: TCU-Wisconsin |
ESPN |
20,558 |
12 |
12/27/10 |
NFL MNF: New Orleans-Atlanta |
ESPN |
19,137 |
13 |
10/27/14 |
NFL MNF: Washington-Dallas |
ESPN |
18,809 |
14 |
1/1/14 |
CFB/Rose Bowl: Stanford-Michigan State |
ESPN |
18,636 |
15 |
9/15/08 |
NFL MNF: Philadelphia-Dallas |
ESPN |
18,608 |
16 |
10/25/10 |
NFL MNF: NY Giants-Dallas |
ESPN |
17,953 |
17 |
1/2/12 |
CFB/Rose Bowl: Wisconsin-Oregon |
ESPN |
17,558 |
18 |
12/3/07 |
NFL MNF: New England-Baltimore |
ESPN |
17,522 |
19 |
9/27/10 |
NFL MNF: Green Bay-Chicago |
ESPN |
17,454 |
20 |
10/11/10 |
NFL MNF: Minnesota-NY Jets |
ESPN |
17,313 |
^ = College Football Playoff National Championship |
^^ = College Football Playoff Semifinal |
^^^ = NFL Playoffs |