Fox Sports capped a record-breaking week for World Cup television audiences as Argentina's dramatic 2-1 victory over England on Wednesday became the most-watched FIFA World Cup semifinal in English-language history, according to Variety.
The semifinal averaged 15.063 million viewers on Fox, surpassing the record set just a day earlier when Spain's 2-0 victory over France drew an average audience of 11.462 million viewers.
The clash between Lionel Messi's Argentina and Harry Kane's England peaked at 22.177 million viewers between 4:45 p.m. and 5 p.m. ET as the match built to its dramatic conclusion.
Fox averaged 6.531 million viewers for the 2022 World Cup semifinals.
The France-Morocco semifinal in December 2022 in Qatar drew 6.595 million viewers on Fox, setting the previous English-language record for a World Cup semifinal broadcast until it was broken this week.
