According to the NFL, 22 regular season games have had over 20 million viewers. That’s a lot. And the two top rated programs of the week are NFL games including Chargers-Bears on CBS and Eagles-Giants on NBC. So it means that people love to watch the Sunday national windows at 4:15 p.m. ET and 8:30 p.m. ET.
Let’s take a look at the press release from the National Football League.
RECORD 22 GAMES WITH 20 MILLION VIEWERS THIS SEASON
NFL Games Top 2 Shows of Week
NFL Games Top Local Ratings in 27 MarketsNFL games ranked as the two most-watched television programs last week (November 14-20) with the CBS national telecast (mostly Chargers-Bears) drawing an average of 21.5 million viewers followed by Eagles-Giants on NBC’s Sunday Night Football with 20.3 million viewers.
Through 11 weeks, there have been 22 games averaging at least 20 million viewers – the most ever at this point in the season.
NFL games also topped local ratings in 27 of 30 NFL markets last week. Following is the list of the NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Nov. 14-20:
Week of 11/14-11/20
HH
HH
RTG
Market Game Date
RTG
SHR
Rank
Milwaukee Vikings at Packers* 11/14/11
55.7
74
1
Baltimore Bengals at Ravens 11/20/11
37.8
63
1
Denver Jets at Broncos** 11/17/11
37.6
58
1
Minneapolis Vikings at Packers* 11/14/11
36.9
54
1
Chicago Chargers at Bears 11/20/11
35.1
58
1
Cincinnati Bengals at Ravens 11/20/11
34.2
58
1
Dallas Cowboys at Redskins 11/20/11
30.9
58
1
San Diego Chargers at Bears 11/20/11
30.5
56
1
Philadelphia Eagles at Giants 11/20/11
29.7
43
1
Buffalo Bills at Dolphins 11/20/11
28.0
48
1
Nashville Titans at Falcons 11/20/11
27.8
40
1
Cleveland Jaguars at Browns 11/20/11
27.0
51
1
Detroit Panthers at Lions 11/20/11
26.3
50
1
Washington, DC Cowboys at Redskins 11/20/11
25.0
53
1
Atlanta Titans at Falcons 11/20/11
22.3
36
1
Charlotte Panthers at Lions 11/20/11
21.6
40
1
St. Louis Seahawks at Rams 11/20/11
20.3
34
1
San Fran-Oakland Cardinals at 49ers 11/20/11
19.7
46
1
Seattle Seahawks at Rams 11/20/11
19.6
43
1
New York Eagles at Giants 11/20/11
19.2
29
1
Pittsburgh Bengals at Ravens 11/20/11
18.7
37
1
Kansas City Chargers at Bears 11/20/11
17.6
28
1
Miami Bills at Dolphins 11/20/11
17.3
39
1
Jacksonville Jaguars at Browns 11/20/11
17.2
30
1
Tampa Buccaneers at Packers 11/20/11
16.3
36
1
Phoenix Cardinals at 49ers 11/20/11
16.0
29
1
Houston Eagles at Giants 11/20/11
14.1
21
1
* Local affiliate & ESPN combined
** Local affiliate & NFLN combined
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company
That’s it for this post.
