Maxman Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 2018 NFL Draft Sets Record for Highest Rated and Most Watched Draft Ever Combined Coverage Across NFL Network, FOX, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes Fuels 25% Growth in Ratings An Average of Nearly 3 Million Viewers Tune in for Saturday Coverage Marking the Most Watched Day 3 in NFL Draft History The 2018 NFL Draft is one for the record books. With a combined 3.57 HH rating and 5.5M viewers, the 2018 NFL Draft is officially the highest rated and most-watched Draft ever. The 2018 NFL Draft was covered across NFL Network, FOX, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes and the broad distribution helped grow the combined rating and viewership by 25% and 20% respectively over 2017. The expanded coverage of the 2018 NFL Draft marked the first time ever that the entirety of the live three-day event was aired on broadcast television. The three-day event produced strong results from start to finish as Thursday's coverage of Round One resulted in a combined 7.0 HH rating (+27% y/y) and 11.2 million viewers (+22% y/y) making it the second most-watched watched Draft day ever, while Saturday's combined TV viewership resulted in an average of 2.9 million viewers making it the most watched Draft Day 3 ever. 2018 NFL Draft Round Where Fans Watched Round 1: Thursday, April 26 • 8:00 PM ET NFL Network, FOX, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes; NFL, FOX Sports and ESPN digital properties Rounds 2-3: Friday, April 27 • 7:00 PM ET NFL Network, FOX, ESPN/ESPN2; NFL, FOX Sports and ESPN digital properties Rounds 4-7: Saturday, April 28 • Noon ET NFL Network, ABC, ESPN; NFL and ESPN digital properties *TV figures include ESPN and ESPN2 digital viewing which is measured by Nielsen but exclude FOX and NFL digital viewing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunnie Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I'd love to know the viewer share for SaturdaySent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio State NY Jets fan Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Makes sense, one of the better drafts that I can remember, intrigue, feel good stories, for the most part it was not about the rich getting richer, struggling teams actually improved, The NY Jets found a FQB Great for the NFL if the QB's do well, there are 5-6 who could represent the next generation as Drew, Tom, Ben, Eli, etc. retire it should keep people watching Also moving the draft to different cities was long overdue and makes it more fun to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 New York market having two of the top three picks, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 It’s actuallt pretty honestly entertaining to watch these kids react to reaching their dreams. Better than Thursday night games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I hope Francesa opens up his show on Tuesday by guessing the draft ratings locally and nationally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 How did JetNation do btw? Were any traffic records set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Killa Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, T0mShane said: New York market having two of the top three picks, too. Hit the nail on the head.^ That and 5 1st round grade QB’s is what produced these ratings. The overall talent kind of lacked and it was a very top heavy draft .. those QB’s is what really did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 And the Jets didn't take Kyle Brady or Jeff lageman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBowles Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Nobody kneeled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warfish Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I watched half the first round and nothing after that really. Got pick news on my phone from JN. Guess it's working out for the NFL, but the Thursday prime-time, Friday prime-time, Saturday thing must be pulling a hell of alot of casual viewers, because it's total sh*t compared to the National Holiday that was Draft Saturday the old way of doing it. /shrug, shakes cane at clouds I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge4Tide Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 2.9 million of the 3.0 million who watched Day 3 were wondering why Macagnan didn't draft an offensive lineman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brown Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 1 hour ago, T0mShane said: New York market having two of the top three picks, too. This 100% The truth is the Jets made the difference as they did when the AFC Championship was on the line as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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