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[12/08/14 - 12:03 PM]
Sunday's College Football Playoff Selection Show Garners Strong Rating
ESPN spins the numbers for Sunday, December 7.
[via press release from ESPN]

Sunday's College Football Playoff Selection Show Garners Strong Rating

The first-ever College Football Playoff Selection Show -- December 7, 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET on ESPN -- garnered a 3.4 overnight rating in the show's first 30 minutes (12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.) which unveiled No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Florida State, and No. 4 Ohio State as the four teams that will participate in the inaugural College Football Playoff.

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)





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