Though down from its record numbers a year ago, the first round of player selections comfortably beats the comparable night in 2019.
The first round of the NFL draft didn't reach the record-setting highs it did a year ago, but the multi-network coverage did draw a big audience Thursday — bigger than the Oscars, in fact. Coverage of the draft's first round on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network drew a combined audience of 12.52 million viewers Thursday night — about 2 million more than ABC's Academy Awards telecast on Sunday. ESPN had the largest share of viewers with 6.48 million, while ABC brought in 4.19 million and NFL Network 1.85 million. The former two declined from a year ago while NFL Network added about 130,000 viewers.
CBS' Young Sheldon was the most watched show in primetime aside from the draft, bringing in 7.34 million viewers and a 0.71 in the 18-49 demographic.
To be fair: The Draft is all about hope for your team and celebrating these players on working so hard their whole lives and finally getting paid. The Oscars are about successful actors and filmmakers congratulating themselves for making movies nobody pays to do see,
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