World Cup Ratings: England’s Defeat To France Is Most-Watched UK TV Broadcast Of The Year With 21.3M Peak
deadline.comEngland’s heartbreaking defeat to France on Saturday became the most-viewed UK TV broadcast of the year so far, peaking with 21.3M viewers on ITV1.
Across the 6 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. runtime, the game, which ended 2-1 to France as England were knocked out following Harry Kane’s dramatic late missed penalty, was watched by a 15M average, according to Barb data supplied by overnights.tv.
Across linear channel ITV1 and VoD player ITVX, the commercial pubcaster said the game was watched by 23M peak. The broadcast was the most-watched show of the year on one channel and, given that England are now out of the Qatar tournament, could well end 2022 with the crown, although Sunday’s Final may give it a run for its money.
Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral was watched by a higher peak of almost 29M but that was across multiple channels, having been shown on more than 50.
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