More viewing news for the NFL. Three of its games are the most watched programs of the week. Here’s the press release from the National Football League.
NFL GAMES THREE MOST-WATCHED SHOWS OF THE WEEK
NFL Network Posts Most-Watched Season Opener
Games Top Local Ratings in 29 of 30 NFL MarketsNFL telecasts ranked 1-2-3 in viewership among all television programs last week (Sept. 9-15) with the CBS national telecast (mostly Broncos-Giants) topping the charts with 26.4 million average viewers, followed by 49ers-Seahawks on NBC’s Sunday Night Football (20.5 million) and ESPN’s Week 1 Monday Night Football opener (Eagles-Redskins, 16.5 million).
Jets-Patriots on NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football kicked off Week 2 and registered NFLN’s best-ever season-opening telecast with 8.8 million viewers, making it Thursday’s most-watched program among all shows on broadcast and cable television.
Locally, NFL games topped the ratings in 29 NFL markets. Following is the list of the NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Sept. 9 – 15:
Week of 9/9 – 9/15
HH
HH
RTG
Market Game Date
RTG
SHR
Rank
New Orleans Saints at Buccaneers 09/15/2013 49.2
71
1
Seattle 49ers at Seahawks 09/15/2013 45.2
66
1
Denver Broncos at Giants 09/15/2013 43.2
70
1
Milwaukee Redskins at Packers 09/15/2013 41.6
67
1
Kansas City Cowboys at Chiefs 09/15/2013 39.0
65
1
Washington DC Eagles at Redskins* 09/09/2013 38.8
58
1
San Diego Texans at Chargers* 09/09/2013 36.8
56
1
Indianapolis Dolphins at Colts 09/15/2013 35.4
59
1
Philadelphia Eagles at Redskins* 09/09/2013 35.1
51
1
Chicago Vikings at Bears 09/15/2013 31.5
60
1
Buffalo Panthers at Bills 09/15/2013 30.5
55
1
Detroit Lions at Cardinals 09/15/2013 30.4
49
1
Baltimore Browns at Ravens 09/15/2013 30.2
57
1
Boston Jets at Patriots** 09/12/2013 29.8
51
1
Minneapolis Vikings at Bears 09/15/2013 28.9
63
1
Houston Texans at Chargers* 09/09/2013 27.7
54
1
Cleveland Browns at Ravens 09/15/2013 27.3
55
1
Nashville Titans at Texans 09/15/2013 26.8
47
1
San Fran-Oakland 49ers at Seahawks 09/15/2013 25.9
46
1
Tampa Saints at Buccaneers 09/15/2013 25.3
41
1
Dallas Cowboys at Chiefs 09/15/2013 25.2
50
1
Phoenix Lions at Cardinals 09/15/2013 21.6
44
1
New York Broncos at Giants 09/15/2013 21.4
39
1
Atlanta Rams at Falcons 09/15/2013 21.2
42
1
Charlotte Panthers at Bills 09/15/2013 20.3
39
1
Miami Dolphins at Colts 09/15/2013 20.3
38
1
Jacksonville Jaguars at Raiders 09/15/2013 20.2
35
1
Cincinnati Broncos at Giants 09/15/2013 17.1 32
1
Pittsburgh Broncos at Giants 09/15/2013 15.6 29
1
* Local affiliate & ESPN combined
** Local affiliate & NFLN combined
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company
That’s all.
