More than five million people watched Sunday's Merseyside derby as Sky Sports registered record viewing figures in the United Kingdom for a live Premier League match.
Everton's goalless draw at home to Liverpool peaked at 5.5m and averaged 5m for the 7pm kick-off shown on a number of channels across the broadcaster's network.
The match was shown free-to-air with a 1.9m average on the Pick channel, with 3.1m across Sky Sports channels and Sky One.
Sky Sports' previous record was for the 2012 Manchester derby, which was also shown free-to-air, and which attracted an average audience figure of just over 4m.
A number of matches are being shown free-to-air after the government insisted the only way the Premier League could restart was if all the remaining 92 matches were broadcast.
Around a third were freely available to combat the potential issue of fans breaching social distancing guidelines by congregating to watch satellite services or even outside grounds.
Liverpool keeper Alisson denied Dominic Calvert-Lewin late on to secure a share of the spoils and Jurgen Klopp was content with the point as the Reds inched closer to the title.
The Kop chief said: "We should not take him [Alisson] for granted.
"Absolutely outstanding. That's what a world-class goalkeeper is - nothing to do for pretty much 90 minutes then he's there."
"The point is one we deserve," added Klopp.
" Everton were well organised so we had to run a lot but we looked fit and ready.
"Now we've got three days. Crystal Palace looked good on Saturday and we have to make sure we are ready for Wednesday."
