World Cup Belgium vs USA coverage draws 8.4 million viewers

BBC One's coverage of the World Cup game between Belgium and USA peaked at more than 8.4 million last night (July 1), according to overnight figures.



The round of 16 match had 8.42m (39%) towards the end of the first half after 9.30pm.

The game, which Belgium won 2-1 after extra time despite Tim Howard's record-breaking goalkeeping performance, averaged 7.13m (39.7%) across the entire programme.

BBC Two's Wimbledon coverage, which began at 11.30am, enjoyed an average audience of 1.28m (12.3%), peaking at around 7pm with 3.15m (17%) during the climax of the match between Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios.

Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter followed the tennis with 1.26m (5.9%).

On ITV, Love Your Garden took 2.32m (12.9%) and You've Been Framed! had 1.31m (6.8%). An episode of Benidorm from 9pm drew 1.41m (6.6%).

Channel 4 aired Location, Location, Location (1.09m/5.8%) and The Auction House (1.44m/6.8%).

Big Brother continued with 1.01m (5.5%) on Channel 5, with Bit on the Side earning 495k (4.5%) afterwards. Preceding the reality show were The Dog Rescuers (1.36m/7.2%) and CSI (1.15m/5.4%).

On the multichannels, Midsomer Murders was watched by 1.16m (5.8%) on ITV3 from 8pm.

New Girl had 318k (1.5%) viewers on E4 from 9pm, and Hannibal mustered 74k (0.4%) on Sky Living in the 10pm hour.

More people will have watched the USA match in Britain than in the USA where it's only available on cable.

More people will have watched the USA match in Britain than in the USA where it's only available on cable.

I was wrong, 13.4 million watched the game on cable in the USA

(Source: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/0 ... re/278839/)