Vise Amerikanca gledalo Engleska - USA nego NBA finale ili tri put vise nego NHL finale

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In the U.S., no stupid horn is slowing the World Cup ratings. Through
the first weekend of the tournament, covering eight matches, ESPN and
ABC averaged some 4,247,000 viewers per match, up 80% versus the first
eight matches of the 2006 World Cup. Saturday's United States-England
game attracted about 17.1 million viewers between ABC and Univision, the
Spanish-language network (this total includes 13 million viewers on
ABC, and 4.1 million on Univision). The game was the most-watched
opening round World Cup broadcast ever.
The combined viewership of USA-England beat the ratings of the
first six games of the NBA finals, which averaged 16.4 million viewers,
according to Nielsen Sports (though the crucial Game 5 alone drew 18.7
million viewers, according to Nielsen). USA-England trounced the Stanley
Cup finals, which averaged 5.2 million viewers. It even compared
favorably to the average viewership for an NFL regular season broadcast,
18.4 million — though U.S.-England lagged the average viewership for an
NFL playoff game, 36 million, by a very healthy margin.
“Kam hit this tight end SO HARD, I swear I saw that TE’s soul leave Qwest Field right on that 35 yard line.”