The NFL could have grown naked men as replacement refs and the league would still garner the ratings it generated this past week. Once again, CBS’ 4:25 p.m. ET national window and NBC’s Sunday Night Football were 1-2 respectively in the overall finish of all TV programs last week. Last week it was NBC then CBS.
Again, NFL games finished on top of the local ratings in all of the league’s local markets. Check out the numbers as they’re listed below.
NFL GAMES TWO MOST WATCHED SHOWS OF WEEK
Head-to-Head: Patriots-Ravens on NBC Sunday Night Football Tops Primetime Emmys by 8 Million Viewers
RECORD-SETTING: NFL Games Top Local Ratings in All 30 Markets For Each of First Three Weeks
NFL telecasts ranked 1-2 in viewership among all television programs last week (Sept. 17-23) with the CBS national telecast (mostly Texans-Broncos) topping the charts with 24.0 million average viewers followed by Patriots-Ravens on NBC’s Sunday Night Football drawing 21.3 million viewers.
In head-to-head competition, Sunday Night Football topped by eight million viewers the Emmy Awards on ABC (13.3 million viewers).
Locally, NFL games topped the ratings in all 30 NFL markets – marking the first time NFL telecasts have been the No. 1 rated show locally in all markets for each of the first three weeks of a season.
The Packers-Seahawks Week 3 ESPN Monday Night Football game averaged 16.2 million viewers to rank as the most-watched cable program since January’s BCS National Championship Game (Alabama-LSU).
Following is the list of the NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Sept. 17-23:
Week of 9/17–9/23
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Market Game Date
RTG
SHR
Rank
Pittsburgh Steelers at Raiders 9/23/12
47.1
70
1
New Orleans Chiefs at Saints 9/23/12
44.0
66
1
Denver Broncos at Falcons 9/17/12
40.3
60
1
Baltimore Patriots at Ravens 9/23/12
37.4
56
1
Boston Patriots at Ravens 9/23/12
36.1
57
1
Buffalo Bills at Browns 9/23/12
35.4
59
1
Indianapolis Jaguars at Colts 9/23/12
34.8
59
1
Kansas City Chiefs at Saints 9/23/12
33.3
59
1
Minneapolis 49ers at Vikings 9/23/12
32.6
68
1
Cincinnati Bengals at Redskins 9/23/12
29.6
53
1
Atlanta Broncos at Falcons 9/17/12
28.8
44
1
Dallas Bucs at Cowboys 9/23/12
28.7
56
1
Houston Texans at Broncos 9/23/12
28.1
48
1
Cleveland Bills at Browns 9/23/12
27.3
52
1
Charlotte Giants at Panthers 9/23/12
26.6
42
1
Nashville Lions at Titans 9/23/12
26.4
45
1
Philadelphia Eagles at Cardinals 9/23/12
25.5
42
1
Chicago Rams at Bears 9/23/12
25.4
51
1
Washington, DC Bengals at Redskins 9/23/12
24.6
49
1
Detroit Lions at Titans 9/23/12
24.2
47
1
Phoenix Eagles at Cardinals 9/23/12
22.5
43
1
Jacksonville Jaguars at Colts 9/23/12
21.6
38
1
St. Louis Rams at Bears 9/23/12
20.8
40
1
Miami Jets at Dolphins 9/23/12
19.6
40
1
San Diego Broncos at Falcons 9/17/12
17.3
29
1
Milwaukee Texans at Broncos 9/23/12
16.8
29
1
San Fran-Oakland 49ers at Vikings 9/23/12
16.5
44
1
New York Jets at Dolphins 9/23/12
15.4
34
1
Tampa Bucs at Cowboys 9/23/12
15.2
31
1
Seattle Patriots at Ravens 9/23/12
13.2
25
1
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company
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