| 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 | ||||
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ESPN buy for the top sports network in the worldComment -
Number 21 is a regional lumber jack championshipComment -
It's why so many people on ESPN make so much money
Unreal revenueComment -
I wouldn't watch 75% of those if they paid me..Comment -
huh? no super bowls? really?Comment -
I'm from overseas so find extremely surprising that college football takes the first 7 spots ahead of the pros!
Like watching the championship in English soccer instead of the premier league.Comment -
Super Bowls are on regular network TV.Comment -
ESPN might be guilty of massaging the #s here . lots of inflation thanks to running bots mainly in the SouthWest. Most of the tech talent handpicked by Leroy COrso himself straight from silicone valleyComment -
Its crazy how many people watch football.Its a really boring sport to watch with out having money on the game or playing fantasy football.And a lot of those people have nothing riding on the game.I wonder how this super bowl is going to do.I think it will have more viewers then last year.Comment -
Wonder what these ratings would look like without gamblingComment -
Interesting stats. I always say to my wife. I have no idea what people do if they dont like sports. TV stinks otherwise. These numbers reflect that to a certain extent.Comment -
most tv is fake
sports is real
most people that do not watch sports have zero personalitiesComment -
Oh-Comment -
wowComment -
Actually the NFL playoff game ranks lower than I woulda thought. College football can pull in the viewers.Comment -
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