ESPN’s final CFP (college football playoff) announcement show scored a 3.4 overnight household rating for the 12:30-1:00 p.m. portion of the telecast on Sunday where teams were announced. The full 2.5 telecast averaged a 1.6 rating.
You can’t figure out the exact number of viewers from the overnight household rating, but a 3.4 household rating equals nearly 4 million (3.96M) homes, so viewership will be at least a little higher than that when released on Tuesday.
Top markets per ESPN:
Top markets from 12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.: Columbus (15.3), Birmingham, (10.7), Dayton (8.3), Cleveland (7.5), Jacksonville (6.9), Greenville (6.5), Atlanta (6.3), Tampa-St. Pete (6.1), Orlando (5.8), and Knoxville (5.4)
The College Football Playoff Selection Show averaged a 1.6 overnight rating for the duration of the show. Top markets: Birmingham (8.4), Columbus (8.2), Dayton (3.6), Tulsa (3.5), Greenville (3.5), Tampa-St. Pete (3.0), Atlanta (3.0), Knoxville (3.0), Oklahoma City (2.9), and Memphis (2.8).
Weekly Series
The College Football Playoff Selection Show culminated a weekly series in which the College Football Playoff Selection Committee’s rankings were unveiled each Tuesday night beginning October 28. The six-week weekly series (Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 25 and Dec. 2) averaged a 0.8 household rating and 1,109,000 viewers.
The top markets for the weekly series: Birmingham (4.9), Columbus (3.7), Dayton (2.3), Jacksonville (2.2), Greenville (1.9), Atlanta (1.9), New Orleans (1.9), Raleigh-Durham (1.7), Knoxville (1.6), and Memphis (1.5)