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Posted by on Oct 16, 2013 14:55

The National Football League is crowing about its TV ratings. The two marquee games for Week 6 drew big numbers. New Orleans at New England on Fox and Washington at Dallas on NBC in primetime drew the two biggest television audiences for the week ending Sunday.

Overall, Saints-Pats on Fox garnered an average of 26.7 million viewers. NBC’s Washington-Dallas game had an audience of 22.1 million.

New Orleans topped all local markets with an amazing 52.8/73 for Saints-Patriots. Kansas City was second for the Oakland-KC game with an astonishing 42.1/72 number.

In Boston which had an amazing Sunday with the last-second Pats win and then the Red Sox’s stunning American League Championship Series Game 2 come-from-behind victory over Detroit, both on Fox, drew a huge 35.1/62 for the NFL game. And then in primetime for the ALCS, garnered a 20.6/36. So while people note that Boston is a baseball town, the Patriots have virtually taken over.

Here’s the NFL press release.

NFL shieldNFL GAMES TWO MOST-WATCHED SHOWS OF THE WEEK

NFL Games Rank as 14 Most-Watched Shows This Fall
Games Top Local Ratings in 28 of 30 NFL Markets

The FOX national telecast (mostly Saints-Patriots) was the most watched TV program last week (Oct. 7-13) topping all sports and entertainment competition with 26.7 million average viewers and was followed by the Redskins-Cowboys game on NBC’s Sunday Night Football which drew 22.1 million viewers.

For the season, NFL games rank as the 14 most-watched TV shows since Labor Day, including the six most-watched shows in primetime. Following are the most-watched programs this fall:

Program Viewers
1. FOX Sunday National (mostly Packers-49ers), 9/8 28.5 million
2. CBS Sunday National (mostly Broncos-Cowboys), 10/6 28.3 million
3. FOX Sunday National (mostly Eagles-Broncos), 9/29 26.7 million
4. FOX Sunday National (mostly Saints-Patriots), 10/13 26.7 million
5. CBS Sunday National (mostly Broncos-Giants), 9/15 26.4 million
6. CBS Sunday National (mostly Colts-49ers), 9/22 25.6 million
7. NBC Sunday Night Football (Giants-Cowboys), 9/8    25.4 million
8. NBC Thursday Night Kickoff Game (Ravens-Broncos), 9/5 25.1 million
9. NBC Sunday Night Football (Redskins-Cowboys), 10/13 22.1 million
10. FOX Sunday Single (mostly Redskins-Packers & Saints-Buccaneers), 9/15 21.9 million
11. FOX Sunday Single (mostly Packers-Bengals, Giants-Panthers & Rams-Cowboys), 9/22 20.9 million
12. NBC Sunday Night Football (49ers-Seahawks), 9/15 20.5 million
13. NBC Sunday Night Football (Bears-Steelers), 9/22 20.5 million
14. NBC Sunday Night Football (Patriots-Falcons), 9/29 20.5 million
15. CBS “The Big Bang Theory” – Season Premiere, 9/30 20.4 million

Locally, NFL games topped ratings in 28 NFL markets last week:

Program

# of NFL Markets Ranked #1
NFL Football

28
MLB Playoffs

2

Following is the list of the NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Oct. 7 – 13:

Week of 10/7-10/13  

 

HH

HH

RTG
Market Game

Date

RTG

SHR

Rank
New Orleans Saints at Patriots 10/13/2013 52.8 73

1
Kansas City Raiders at Chiefs 10/13/2013 42.1 72

1
Milwaukee Packers at Ravens 10/13/2013 40.9 75

1
Denver Jaguars at Broncos 10/13/2013 40.3 75

1
Pittsburgh Steelers at Jets 10/13/2013 35.7 65

1
Dallas Redskins at Cowboys 10/13/2013 35.3 52

1
Boston Saints at Patriots 10/13/2013 35.1 62

1
Seattle Titans at Seahawks 10/13/2013 34.4 66

1
Washington, DC Redskins at Cowboys 10/13/2013 33.3 52

1
Cincinnati Bengals at Bills 10/13/2013 32.4 57

1
Buffalo Bengals at Bills 10/13/2013 32.1 62

1
Cleveland Lions at Browns 10/13/2013 30.8 59

1
Baltimore Packers at Ravens 10/13/2013 28.6 52

1
Minneapolis Panthers at Vikings 10/13/2013 27.5 63

1
Chicago Giants at Bears** 10/10/2013 27.3 42

1
Nashville Titans at Seahawks 10/13/2013 26.8 43

1
Houston Rams at Texans 10/13/2013 24.6 50

1
Philadelphia Eagles at Buccaneers 10/13/2013 24.5 51

1
Charlotte Panthers at Vikings 10/13/2013 24.1 48

1
Phoenix Cardinals at 49ers 10/13/2013 23.1 46

1
Atlanta Jets at Falcons* 10/07/2013 21.6 33

1
San Fran-Oakland Cardinals at 49ers 10/13/2013 21.3 56

1
Tampa Eagles at Buccaneers 10/13/2013 19.9 42

1
Jacksonville Jaguars at Broncos 10/13/2013 19.8 34

1
San Diego Saints at Patriots 10/13/2013 17.8 41

1
Indianapolis Packers at Ravens 10/13/2013 16.3 33

1
New York Steelers at Jets 10/13/2013 13.6 33

1
Miami Saints at Patriots 10/13/2013 13.4 25

1

* Local affiliate & ESPN combined
** Local affiliate & NFLN combined
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company

There you have it.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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