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Pair of B1G games boost ABC’s viewership to most-watched Saturday in November in 5 years
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There were some great matchups in Week 11. So much so that it was the most-watched Saturday in November in the last 5 years.
One B1G East game took the crown as the most watched game of Week 11, and it wasn’t Ohio State/ Purdue.
Michigan/ Penn State on ABC actually had the most viewers with 5.9 million people watching, followed by Georgia/Tennessee on CBS at 5.8 million viewers. Ohio State/ Purdue was the third biggest viewed game and second largest on ABC with 4.7 million viewers.
The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel released the numbers on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.
Michigan-Penn State on ABC was Saturday’s most-watched game (5.9 million viewers), followed by Georgia-Tennessee on CBS (5.8M) and Purdue-Ohio State on ABC (4.7M).
ESPN says it was ABC’s most-watched November Saturday since 2016.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 16, 2021
What will be the most-watched game from Week 12? There’s a lot of great matchups to pick from in most Power 5 conferences. In the B1G, you’ve got some battles for the B1G East in Ohio State/ Michigan State and Michigan/ Maryland.
We’ll see if it can follow how good Week 11 was to watch.
Grant Bricker covers the B1G for Saturday Tradition. His previous stops include the Williamson Homepage and Nashville Post.