The U.S. game against Belgium in the round of 16 at the set another record as the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history, Fox said after preliminary ratings came out Tuesday.
Fox said 30 million people watched the game, in Seattle to move into the quarterfinals and eliminate the last of the tournament鈥檚 three co-hosts. Fox said audience peaked at more than 36.8 million people between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
That topped , the U.S.-Bosnia-Herzegovina game last week that Fox said was watched by 26.4 million.
Fox on Tuesday also reported the 11.1 million viewers who tuned in to the in the round of 32 were the most in English language history in the United States for any World Cup game without the U.S. team, excluding the final. Fox said viewership peaked at more than 16 million .
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