College World Series Most Viewed ever on ESPN Networks
College World Series Coverage on ESPN and ESPN2 have scored well and the coverage is second most-viewed college baseball game ever and have reached double-digit audience.
ESPN averaged 1,091,000 households for nine games, based on a 1.1 rating, and 1,408,000 total viewers, marking double-digit increases over 2007’s five telecasts: 27% in households (vs. 859,000), 22% in rating (vs. 0.9) and 26% in total viewers (vs. 1,120,000). In addition to being the most-viewed, this year’s coverage ties for the highest-rated with 2004 and 2006 coverage.
ESPN2 averaged 771,000 households for seven telecasts, based on a 0.8 rating, and 988,000 total viewers for an increase of 3% in households (vs. 747,000) and total viewers (vs. 956,000) over last year’s 10 games.