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R. Thomas Umstead

Weekly Cable Ratings: ESPN Dominates Field During Christmas Week

Tony Pollard #20 of the Dallas Cowboys runs the ball during an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions at AT&T Stadium on December 30, 2023.

ESPN, led by holiday NBA and NFL telecasts, was the most-watched cable network in primetime and total day last week. 

ESPN averaged 4.7 million viewers for the week of December 25-31, easily besting second place Fox News Channel’s 1 million viewers for the week, according to Nielsen numbers supplied by Fox News. The sports network benefited from a December 30 Dallas Cowboys-Detroit Lions NFL telecast that averaged 11.3 million viewers.

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