Saturday night's 1-1 tie between the U.S.A. and England in the World Cup was the number one most watched first round game in America in history.
The game drew a 7.3 household rating (8,391,000 households and 12,956,000 viewers)
The overall three hour telecast (Including one hour of pre-game coverage and the two hour match itself) drew a 6.1 rating and ranks fifth all-time behind three World Cup Final matches including the 2006 Final between Italy and France (7.0 rating).
Saturday's game was also the most watched U.S.A. match since 1994.
Here are the top five most viewed FIFA World Cup Telecasts:
U.S.-China, Women's WC Final (ABC, 7/10/99) - 18.0 million viewers (11.4 rating)
Brazil-Italy, WC Final (ABC, 7/17/94) - 14.5 (9.5 rating)
Brazil-U.S., Rd of 16 (ABC, 7/4/94) - 13.7 (9.3 rating)
Italy-France, WC Final (ABC, 7/9/06) - 12.0 (7.0 rating)
U.S.-England, First Rd (ABC, 6/12/10) - 10.8 (6.1 rating) *
* includes pre-match coverage
-Dan Karell
