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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/ABC NFL Wild Card: The total live audience for ESPN’s NFL Playoff game telecast (also simulcast on ABC) was 25,632,000 viewers, up 5% from a year ago. It was the fourth most-watched Saturday afternoon NFL Wild Card game in the last 16 years.

(Bill Hofheimer/ESPN)
(Bill Hofheimer/ESPN)