Auburn-Oregon BCS Game Breaks Cable Record

Vegas oddsmakers may have generously overestimated the offensive firepower on display, but Monday night’s Tostitos BCS National Championship game on ESPN was still one for the record books. Auburn’s last-second win over Oregon delivered an average 27.3 million total viewers, making it the most-watched program in the history of cable TV.

The first title game to be broadcast on cable, the Tigers-Ducks thriller outdrew six of the last 10 championship broadcasts on Fox and ABC. It’s worth noting that 2004 was a bit of a wildcard; that year, the title was shared by LSU and USC.

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