We know the NFL is the ratings king. We know that the NFL will top most of the 30 local markets if not all every week.
For Christmas weekend, the NFL was #1 in all but one local market. That was in South Florida. Miami for some reason did not have the NFL on top of its local ratings, but with the Dolphins losing to the Patriots in come-from-behind fashion, perhaps South Florida didn’t want to see the inevitable result.
So we have the ratings for this weekend where the NFL finished first in the local ratings. Milwaukee was on top as Packers Nation continues to watch the Green and Gold march towards the playoffs.
NFL GAMES TOP RATINGS IN 29 MARKETS
Bears-Packers on NBC Sunday Night Football Most-Watched Show of Week
The Bears-Packers Sunday night game on NBC was the most-watched show among all programs last week with 24.0 million viewers.
Locally, NFL games top the ratings in NFL markets 90 percent of the time through 16 weeks. Following is the list of the 29 NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Dec. 19-25:
Week of 12/19-12/25
HH
HH
RTG
Market Game Date
RTG
SHR
Rank
Milwaukee Bears at Packers 12/25/11
46.5
73
1
Pittsburgh Steelers at 49ers* 12/19/11
44.2
67
1
Baltimore Browns at Ravens 12/24/11
31.9
61
1
Kansas City Raiders at Chiefs 12/24/11
31.9
60
1
Boston Dolphins at Patriots 12/24/11
30.3
61
1
Chicago Bears at Packers 12/25/11
28.7
53
1
San Fran-Oakland Steelers at 49ers* 12/19/11
28.2
50
1
Atlanta Falcons at Saints 12/26/11
27.6
44
1
Denver Broncos at Bills 12/24/11
26.8
59
1
Dallas Eagles at Cowboys 12/24/11
25.6
52
1
Seattle 49ers at Seahawks 12/24/11
24.6
55
1
Detroit Chargers at Lions 12/24/11
24.4
52
1
Nashville Jaguars at Titans 12/24/11
23.5
44
1
New Orleans Steelers at 49ers 12/19/11
23.3
32
1
Indianapolis Texans at Colts** 12/22/11
22.9
36
1
Philadelphia Eagles at Cowboys 12/24/11
22.7
47
1
Houston Texans at Colts** 12/22/11
22.4
36
1
Minneapolis Vikings at Redskins 12/24/11
22.4
59
1
San Diego Chargers at Lions 12/24/11
21.8
44
1
New York Giants at Jets 12/24/11
21.6
47
1
Charlotte Buccaneers at Panthers 12/24/11
19.2
41
1
Cleveland Browns at Ravens 12/24/11
19.0
40
1
Phoenix Cardinals at Bengals 12/24/11
15.8
35
1
Washington, DC Vikings at Redskins 12/24/11
15.0
33
1
St. Louis Rams at Steelers 12/24/11
13.6
29
1
Buffalo Bears at Packers 12/25/11
13.6
24
1
Jacksonville Bears at Packers 12/25/11
13.3
23
1
Tampa Buccaneers at Panthers 12/24/11
13.2
31
1
Cincinnati Giants at Jets 12/24/11
13.0
28
1
* Local affiliate & ESPN combined
** Local affiliate & NFL Network combined
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company
That does it.