Another press release from the NFL touting the ratings for Week 3. Can’t add much to what is being said here. Take a look at the release.
NFL GAMES RANK AS EIGHT OF NINE MOST-WATCHED SPORTING EVENTS SINCE SUPER BOWL
NFL Games Top Local Ratings in 25 Markets
After three weeks of the season, NFL games rank as eight of the nine most-watched sporting events since Super Bowl XLV.
A pair of Week 3 telecasts topped sports viewership last week (Sept. 19-25) with the FOX national telecast (mostly Packers-Bears) drawing 24.0 million average viewers and the Steelers-Colts Sunday night game on NBC drawing 20.4 million viewers.
Following are the most-watched sporting events since Super Bowl XLV:
Program Viewers 1. NBC Thursday Night Kickoff Game (Saints-Packers), 9/8 27.2 million 2. FOX Sunday National (mostly Giants-Redskins), 9/11 25.8 million 3. NBC Sunday Night Football (Cowboys-Jets), 9/11 25.8 million 4. FOX Sunday National (mostly Packers-Bears), 9/25 24.0 million 5. NBA Finals Game 6 (Dallas-Miami), 6/12 23.9 million 6. NBC Sunday Night Football (Eagles-Falcons),9/18 23.4 million 7. CBS Sunday National (mostly Chargers-Patriots), 9/18 22.7 million 8. FOX Sunday Single (mostly Chi-NO & Dal-SF), 9/18 22.5 million 9. NBC Sunday Night Football (Steelers-Colts), 9/25 20.4 million 10. NCAA Basketball Championship (UConn-Butler), 4/4 20.1 million Locally, NFL games topped the ratings in 25 NFL markets. Following is the list of the NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Sept. 19-25:
Week of 9/19–9/25
HH
HH
RTG
Market Game Date
RTG
SHR
Rank
Milwaukee Packers at Bears 9/25/11
50.4
76
1
Pittsburgh Steelers at Colts 9/25/11
48.5
67
1
New Orleans Texans at Saints 9/25/11
47.7
69
1
Indianapolis Steelers at Colts 9/25/11
40.7
56
1
Baltimore Ravens at Rams 9/25/11
35.3
57
1
Buffalo Patriots at Bills 9/25/11
35.3
65
1
Chicago Packers at Bears 9/25/11
33.2
58
1
Minneapolis Lions at Vikings 9/25/11
32.4
68
1
Kansas City Chiefs at Chargers 9/25/11
29.9
51
1
Nashville Titans at Broncos 9/25/11
28.2
48
1
Philadelphia Giants at Eagles 9/25/11
28.1
52
1
Cleveland Dolphins at Browns 9/25/11
27.5
54
1
Boston Patriots at Bills 9/25/11
27.4
60
1
San Diego Chiefs at Chargers 9/25/11
27.1
52
1
Detroit Lions at Vikings 9/25/11
25.8
49
1
Houston Texans at Saints 9/25/11
25.3
47
1
St. Louis Rams at Giants 9/19/11
23.4
34
1
Atlanta Falcons at Bucs 9/25/11
23.1
41
1
Jacksonville Jaguars at Panthers 9/25/11
23.1
40
1
Carolina Jaguars at Panthers 9/25/11
22.6
45
1
Denver Titans at Broncos 9/25/11
22.6
52
1
Seattle Cardinals at Seahawks 9/25/11
22.2
51
1
Phoenix Cardinals at Seahawks 9/25/11
21.0
39
1
Washington, DC Steelers at Colts 9/25/11
17.4
29
1
San Fran-Oakland 49ers at Bengals 9/25/11
14.9
40
1
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company
That’s going to do it.
