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TV Ratings: Expanded College Football Playoff Gets Off to Solid Start
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Rick PorterImage from The Hollywood Reporter
scrn loglineExpanded College Football Playoff kicks off with strong ratings as ESPN and TNT score biggest audiences ever for the opening round.beat sheet- The four first-round games averaged 10.6 million viewers, outperforming the prior year's non-CFP New Year's bowls and conference championship games.
- Ohio State's win over Tennessee drew 14.3 million viewers, the biggest audience of the first round, while Notre Dame-Indiana scored 13.4 million, the third-highest college football telecast this season.
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TV Ratings: Expanded College Football Playoff Gets Off to Solid Start
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Rick Porter
scrn logline
Expanded College Football Playoff kicks off with strong ratings as ESPN and TNT score biggest audiences ever for the opening round.
beat sheet
- The four first-round games averaged 10.6 million viewers, outperforming the prior year's non-CFP New Year's bowls and conference championship games.
- Ohio State's win over Tennessee drew 14.3 million viewers, the biggest audience of the first round, while Notre Dame-Indiana scored 13.4 million, the third-highest college football telecast this season.
call sheet
Rick Porter, ESPN, TNT Sports, ABC, College Football Playoff, SEC, Clemson, Texas, Penn State, SMU, College Football Playoff