With the ratings for the NFL 4:15 p.m. late window, Fox is crowing about being the #2 top rated show for last week. As Green Bay-Chicago went to most of the nation, Fox received a 14.1 rating with a 26 share, beating Sunday Night Football on NBC which was in primetime and faced stiffer competition. However, Fox says the late NFL games on Sunday finished just behind the #1 rated show of the week, the season premiere of Two and A Half Men on CBS.
In addition, Fox is touting the fact that The OT, its postgame show that airs after the late games finished ahead of NBC’s Football Night in America by a wide margin. But that is dependent on the NFL lead-in while NBC has news in the East and Central time zones.
Here’s the Fox Sports blurb which is must shorter than my introduction
AMERICA’S GAME OF THE WEEK IS NO. 2 SHOW
Anchored by the Green Bay Packers vs. the Chicago Bears game being broadcast in more than 80% of the country, AMERICA’S GAME OF THE WEEK on FOX posted a 14.1/26 household rating/share, with 24.0 million viewers on Sunday (9/25), according to figures released today by Nielsen Media Research. AMERICA’S GAME OF THE WEEK ranked as the second highest-rated and second most-watched show OF THE WEEK (Sept. 19-25) pacing only behind CBS’s premiere of “Two and a Half Men”. FOX’s AGOTW ranked #1 among Men 18-34 (11.6), Men 18-49 (12.6), Men 25-54 (13.7) and Adults 18-34 (8.9). Through two telecasts, FOX’s AGOTW is averaging a 14.7/27 with 24.9 million viewers.
FOX’s NFL post-game show, THE OT averaged a 7.1/12 on Sunday, with 12.2 million viewers, +42% better than the 5.0/12 it earned in Week 1 and is +109% better than NBC’s Football Night in America (3.4/6 5.8 million). Among key male and adult demos, THE OT dominated its prime time time period earning a 6.5 among Men 18-34, 6.8 among Men 18-49, 7.2 among Men 25-54 and a 5.3 among Adults 18-49.
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