Ratings on CSN Philadelphia were down 39% last year, but the Phils still commanded the third biggest average audience for games after the two New York franchises.

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This year is more of the same with a record average audience of 111 million for the Super Bowl between the Steelers and Packers.

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The latter, starring Kyra Sedgwick, is the No. 1 basic cable series of all time, with an average audience of 4.8 million for its combined three seasons.

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The program not only garnered an active audience of 11 million, but retained that audience's attention for more than 15 minutes on average--that's eons in Internet time.

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The show was criticised for failing to attract A-list names but nevertheless attracted an average audience of 9.16 million per show - second only to the previous year's average of 9.54 million.

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On average, an audience of 11.6 million regularly tuned in for CBS fare, only marginally larger than the tune-in for the same period a year ago, according to Nielsen.

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Coronation Street was seen by an average audience of 8.6 million viewers, while Upstair Downstairs - which returned for a new series on BBC One straight after Call The Midwife - attracted 6.5 million people.

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The Six Nations had record average audiences in Wales of 800, 000 across Wales' five matches and the average audience during the final periods of Wales' five matches were the highest ever for any Five or Six Nations campaign.

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