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NFL Draft telecast latest example of ESPN’s live events’ ratings success

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May 3, 2017

| Dave Nagle

ESPN College Football: The three-game College Football Playoff on ESPN averaged a total live audience average of 22,230,000 viewers, up 9% from last season. ESPN’s presentation of the New Year’s Six generated an average total live audience of 13,955,000 viewers per game, up 16% from a year earlier.

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