The overnight ratings are trickling in for the NFL and they are good. Actually not good, but really good. We’re finding out through Twitter about the ratings so I’ll post them here for you.
First, Fox Sports PR man Lou D’Ermilio tweeted that the 4:15 p.m. ET window which had four games and led by the New York Giants at Washington garnered a 17.1 overnight rating, equaling last year’s rating and tying the best numbers ever for a Week 1 game on Fox.
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Good start. America’s Gm of Wk on @NFLONFOX, led by NYG @ Wash, posts 17.1 ovrnite; matches ’10 & ties FOX’s best Wk 1 nat’l gm ever. #NFLless than a minute ago via web 
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Then NBC Sports PR tweeted that last night’s Sunday Night Football premiere pitting the Dallas Cowboys against the New York Jets received a 16.9 rating and 27 share which gives NBC its best numbers in the series and the highest Week 1 rating for a network primetime game in 15 years.
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#SNF overnight: 16.9/27, best EVER for SNF game and best for season-opening Sun/Mon prime game in 15 years (Cowboys-Bears 20.0/33 on 9/2/96)less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet Reply
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And the two game overnight rating average, Thursday/Sunday was the best since the NFL began the opening weekend combo in 2002.
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NBC’s two-game overnight avg of 17.1/28 ties last year for the best since the #NFL created the Thursday/Sunday primetime weekend in 2002less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyNBCSportsPR
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You can see that the NFL has reason to crow that it’s the number one sport in America.
