Jamie Carragher, Thierry Henry, Micah Richards and Kate Abdo are enjoying a record Champions League viewership week on CBS thanks to thrilling quarter-finals that saw Manchester City and Arsenal lose.

CBS Sports enjoyed a record Champions League viewership week thanks to the competition’s thrilling quarterfinals.

Led by the popular broadcast team of Kate Abdo, Jamie Carragher, Thierry Henry and Micah Richards, Real Madrid’s thrilling victory over Manchester City on penalties was the channel’s most-watched quarter-final of all time .

The match at the Etihad Stadium attracted 1.11 million viewers, representing a 25 percent increase on last year’s quarter-finals.

A peak audience of 1.58 million watched Antonio Rudiger take the winning penalty and send Pep Guardiola’s reigning champions out.

Meanwhile, audiences also flocked to Paramount+ as the streaming platform saw its most-streamed football match ever with double-digit growth in households and streaming minutes compared to the final. last season.

CBS benefited from exceptional viewing figures, with Bayern Munich also eliminating Arsenal this week.

Champions League broadcasts on CBS are a hit with audiences thanks to their light-hearted nature

Paramount+ also had its most streamed day of football ever, with Arsenal’s loss to Bayern Munich taking place on the same day as Madrid’s win over Man City.

The Champions League broadcasts on CBS proved to be a hit with audiences thanks to the jovial on-set relationship between Abdo and the three pundits.

They will return later this month when the semi-finals begin on April 30 and May 1, with the return matches scheduled for May 7 and 8.

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich’s reward for beating Premier League heavyweights Man City and Arsenal respectively is to face each other.

In the other semi-final, Paris Saint-Germain will face Borussia Dortmund after beating Spanish giants Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.