5.1 Million – Number of viewers for last year’s Grey Cup broadcast on TSN
62,000 – Projected attendance at Commonwealth stadium on Sunday
9,750 – Metres of camera cable needed for the Grey Cup broadcast (nearly 100 CFL football fields)
1,050 – Combined weight in pounds of the CFL on TSN panel
250 – Estimated number of watermelon helmets TSN will show on air during its two-day Grey Cup coverage
160 – Number of technical and production staff working on TSN’s Grey Cup broadcast
150 – Number of microphones TSN will use on Grey Cup Sunday
34 – Number of cameras TSN will use during Grey Cup Broadcast – includes a helicopter camera, a “cable cam” and a live look into CFL review command Centre.
23 – Number of hours of football programming on TSN during Grey Cup Weekend
16 – Number of Grey Cup games in which members of the CFL on TSN panel have played
13 – Number of times TSN broadcaster Chris Cuthbert has called the Grey Cup Game
12 – Number of players allowed on the field per team (we’ll be counting)
8 – Projected temperature below 0° Celsius for Grey Cup Sunday in Edmonton
7 – Bachman & Turner will perform a seven-minute medley of hit songs during the Pepsi Max Halftime Show
3 – Number of times producer, Jon Hynes, and director, Paul Hemming, have worked together on the Grey Cup
1 – Grey Cup winner
The 98th GREY CUP airs on Sunday, Nov. 28 on TSN – coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET.
98th Grey Cup Broadcast – By the Numbers
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Hell Motel
Inside
Ironheart
Long Bright River
Smoke
We Were Liars
The Veil
The Waterfront
SEASON PREMIERE
The Bear
The Buccaneers
The Chosen
The Gilded Age
SEASON FINALE
Adults
Leverage: Redemption
Scrublands
Sullivan's Crossing
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