CFL continues to go long on TSN

Another day, another record for TSN’s CFL numbers.

The Western Final, which saw Saskatchewan beat hometown Calgary, recorded an average audience of 2.54 million viewers (BBM, 2+). The Sunday afternoon game peaked at 3.8 million views late in the fourth quarter, with an additional 233,000 watching the game in French on RDS.

In the Toronto-Montreal game earlier that day, 1.7 million viewers – 1.2 million on TSN and another 599,000 on RDS – tuned in to see the Alouettes defeat the Argos.

TSN and RDS will show the 98th Grey Cup live from Edmonton on Sunday, November 28, in a repeat of last year’s final. In that game, Montreal squeaked by Saskatchewan, 28-27, in a show-down that attracted 6.1 million viewers, the most watched final in Grey Cup history.