ESPN, ABC catch eight million Pro Bowl viewers
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| 29 January 2019

The traditional warm up event for the Superbowl, the Pro Bowl, was a victory not just for the AFC but also for sports broadcaster ESPN and ABC.

The 27 January broadcast of the 26-7 AFC victory over the NFC averaged eight million viewers on ESPN and ABC, based on fast nationals. The audience for the football game peaked from 5-5:30 p.m. ET with 8,931,000 viewers. The Pro Bowl telecast also aired on Disney XD and in Spanish on ESPN Deportes.

The top ten metered markets in the US were: Kansas City (13.9), Pittsburgh (8.6), Norfolk (8.2), West Palm Beach (8.1), Cleveland (8.1), Chicago (7.8), Buffalo (7.8), Seattle-Tacoma (7.4), New Orleans (7.3) and Orlando (7.3).