NFL GAMES TWO MOST WATCHED SHOWS OF WEEK
Head-to-Head: Patriots-Ravens on NBC Sunday Night Football
Tops Primetime Emmys by 8 Million Viewers
RECORD-SETTING: NFL Games Top Local Ratings in All 30 Markets For Each of First Three Weeks
NFL telecasts ranked 1-2 in viewership among all television programs last week (Sept. 17-23) with the CBS national telecast (mostly Texans-Broncos) topping the charts with 24.0 million average viewers followed by Patriots-Ravens on NBC’s Sunday Night Football drawing 21.3 million viewers.
In head-to-head competition, Sunday Night Football topped by eight million viewers the Emmy Awards on ABC (13.3 million viewers).
Locally, NFL games topped the ratings in all 30 NFL markets – marking the first time NFL telecasts have been the No. 1 rated show locally in all markets for each of the first three weeks of a season.
The Packers-Seahawks Week 3 ESPN Monday Night Football game averaged 16.2 million viewers to rank as the most-watched cable program since January’s BCS National Championship Game (Alabama-LSU).
Following is the list of the NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Sept. 17-23:
| Week of 9/17–9/23 |
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HH |
HH |
RTG |
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| Market | Game |
Date |
RTG |
SHR |
Rank |
| Pittsburgh | Steelers at Raiders |
9/23/12 |
47.1 |
70 |
1 |
| New Orleans | Chiefs at Saints |
9/23/12 |
44.0 |
66 |
1 |
| Denver | Broncos at Falcons |
9/17/12 |
40.3 |
60 |
1 |
| Baltimore | Patriots at Ravens |
9/23/12 |
37.4 |
56 |
1 |
| Boston | Patriots at Ravens |
9/23/12 |
36.1 |
57 |
1 |
| Buffalo | Bills at Browns |
9/23/12 |
35.4 |
59 |
1 |
| Indianapolis | Jaguars at Colts |
9/23/12 |
34.8 |
59 |
1 |
| Kansas City | Chiefs at Saints |
9/23/12 |
33.3 |
59 |
1 |
| Minneapolis | 49ers at Vikings |
9/23/12 |
32.6 |
68 |
1 |
| Cincinnati | Bengals at Redskins |
9/23/12 |
29.6 |
53 |
1 |
| Atlanta | Broncos at Falcons |
9/17/12 |
28.8 |
44 |
1 |
| Dallas | Bucs at Cowboys |
9/23/12 |
28.7 |
56 |
1 |
| Houston | Texans at Broncos |
9/23/12 |
28.1 |
48 |
1 |
| Cleveland | Bills at Browns |
9/23/12 |
27.3 |
52 |
1 |
| Charlotte | Giants at Panthers |
9/23/12 |
26.6 |
42 |
1 |
| Nashville | Lions at Titans |
9/23/12 |
26.4 |
45 |
1 |
| Philadelphia | Eagles at Cardinals |
9/23/12 |
25.5 |
42 |
1 |
| Chicago | Rams at Bears |
9/23/12 |
25.4 |
51 |
1 |
| Washington, DC | Bengals at Redskins |
9/23/12 |
24.6 |
49 |
1 |
| Detroit | Lions at Titans |
9/23/12 |
24.2 |
47 |
1 |
| Phoenix | Eagles at Cardinals |
9/23/12 |
22.5 |
43 |
1 |
| Jacksonville | Jaguars at Colts |
9/23/12 |
21.6 |
38 |
1 |
| St. Louis | Rams at Bears |
9/23/12 |
20.8 |
40 |
1 |
| Miami | Jets at Dolphins |
9/23/12 |
19.6 |
40 |
1 |
| San Diego | Broncos at Falcons |
9/17/12 |
17.3 |
29 |
1 |
| Milwaukee | Texans at Broncos |
9/23/12 |
16.8 |
29 |
1 |
| San Fran-Oakland | 49ers at Vikings |
9/23/12 |
16.5 |
44 |
1 |
| New York | Jets at Dolphins |
9/23/12 |
15.4 |
34 |
1 |
| Tampa | Bucs at Cowboys |
9/23/12 |
15.2 |
31 |
1 |
| Seattle | Patriots at Ravens |
9/23/12 |
13.2 |
25 |
1 |
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company
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