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NFL Draft 2019 Draws Historic 45.3M Viewership, 600k Nashville Attendance

The NFL announced 45.3 million people tuned in on television over the three days of the 2019 draft, and the event itself brought in 600,000 fans.

Ben Strauss of the Washington Post noted it's the "highest-rated and most-watched draft" in league history.

Viewership increased by 5 percent over 2018, which can in large part be attributed to ABC broadcasting the festivities. ABC, ESPN and NFL Network each had concurrent broadcasts for all seven rounds for the first time ever.

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