Tribune News Services
World Cup television viewership rose 41 percent compared to four years ago for English-language telecasts in the United States, with Spain's 1-0 extra-time victory over the Netherlands setting a record.
Sunday's game in Johannesburg, which gave the Spanish its first World Cup title, was seen by 15,545,000 viewers on ABC, according to fast national ratings. The previous high was 14,863,000 viewers for the United States' 2-1 extra-time loss to Ghana in the second round on June 26.
An additional 8.8 million viewers watched Spanish-language coverage Sunday on Univision, according to Nielsen Media Research, bringing the total to 24.3 million.
World Cup television viewership rose 41 percent compared to four years ago for English-language telecasts in the United States, with Spain's 1-0 extra-time victory over the Netherlands setting a record.
Sunday's game in Johannesburg, which gave the Spanish its first World Cup title, was seen by 15,545,000 viewers on ABC, according to fast national ratings. The previous high was 14,863,000 viewers for the United States' 2-1 extra-time loss to Ghana in the second round on June 26.
An additional 8.8 million viewers watched Spanish-language coverage Sunday on Univision, according to Nielsen Media Research, bringing the total to 24.3 million.
Another 41%! Or does that just count people who fell asleep before they could get to the remote?