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New Mexico State at Florida State Delivers the CW’s Most-Watched Sports Broadcast in Network History

  • The CW's Week 0 non-conference game between New Mexico State & Florida State averaged 1.96 million total viewers, marking the largest sports broadcast audience in network history.
  • The matchup peaked at 2.4 million total viewers between 9:15-9:30pm ET & delivered 718,000 viewers in the Adults 25-54 demo, making it the second strongest primetime program of the night across all major networks.
  • The CW continues sports coverage this weekend with Miami (OH) at Pittsburgh on Saturday at 12:00pm ET, followed by NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series coverage & UNLV at Hawai'i.
  • Sunday programming includes the AVP beach volleyball league championships from Chicago at 2:00pm ET & PBR Team Series Thunder Days from Ridgedale, Missouri, at 4:00pm ET.
  • All upcoming events will air live on The CW Network & stream live on the ESPN App for viewers with an ESPN Unlimited subscription plan.
  • CW Sports provides nearly 700 hours of annual programming, including NASCAR, WWE NXT, college football, & professional events, with content expanding to the ESPN App starting Summer 2026.
  • The CW is owned by Nexstar Media Group, Inc. & offers entertainment programming via the CW App, with a CW-branded hub launching on The Roku Channel in Fall 2026.