From the National Football League, we have a press release about the most watched shows for Week 14’s games. For the 13th time this season, NFL games took the first two spots of all of the programs seen for the week ending December 9.
Fox’s late game between the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants garnered 24.5 million viewers and was on top while NBC’s Sunday night contest between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers received an average of 21.4 million.
And in the 30 NFL markets, NFL games topped the local ratings in 29 cities. The NFL press release is below for you to read.
NFL GAMES TOP TV CHARTS AGAIN – RANK #1-2 FOR 13TH TIME IN 14 WEEKS
NFL Game Telecasts 24 of 25 Most-Watched TV Shows This Fall
NFL games were the two most-watched shows on TV last week (Dec. 3-9) with the FOX national telecast (mostly New Orleans Saints-New York Giants) topping all sports and entertainment competition with 24.5 million viewers followed by NBC’s Sunday Night Football (Detroit Lions-Green Bay Packers) with 21.4 million viewers.
An NFL game has topped the viewership charts in all 14 weeks this season and 13 times in 14 weeks NFL games ranked 1-2 in viewership.
Locally, an NFL game was the highest-rated show in 29 of 30 NFL markets last week.
For the season, NFL games rank as 24 of the 25 most-watched TV shows since Labor Day. Following are the most-watched programs this fall:
Program Viewers 1. FOX Thanksgiving Game (Redskins-Cowboys), 11/22 28.7 million 2. NBC Sunday Night Football (Steelers-Broncos), 9/9 27.6 million 3. CBS Thanksgiving Game (Texans-Lions), 11/22 27.3 million 4. FOX Sunday National (mostly Giants-Cowboys), 10/28 26.9 million 5. FOX Sunday National (mostly 49ers-Packers), 9/9 26.4 million 6. FOX Sunday National (mostly 49ers-Saints), 11/25 24.9 million 7. CBS Sunday National (mostly Broncos-Patriots), 10/7 24.5 million 8. FOX Sunday National (mostly Saints-Giants), 12/9 24.5 million 9. FOX Sunday National (mostly Cowboys-Eagles), 11/11 24.3 million 10. CBS Sunday National (mostly Steelers-Giants), 11/4 24.2 million 11. CBS Sunday National (mostly Texans-Broncos), 9/23 24.0 million 12. NBC Wed. Night Kickoff Game (Cowboys-Giants), 9/5 23.9 million 13. CBS Sunday National (Indy-NE & SD-Den), 11/18 23.6 million 14. CBS Sunday National (mostly Steelers-Ravens), 12/2 23.0 million 15. CBS Sunday National (mostly Jets-Patriots), 10/21 23.0 million 16. FOX Sunday National (mostly Giants-49ers), 10/14 22.8 million 17. NBC Sunday Night Football (Giants-Eagles), 9/30 22.8 million 18. NBC Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, 11/22 22.4 million 19. FOX Sunday National (mostly Saints-Packers), 9/30 22.3 million 20. NBC Sunday Night Football (Cowboys-Falcons), 11/4 21.8 million 21. NBC Sunday Night Football (Lions-Packers), 12/9 21.4 million 22. NBC Sunday Night Football (Lions-49ers), 9/16 21.3 million 23. NBC Sunday Night Football (Patriots-Ravens), 9/23 21.3 million 24. NBC Sunday Night Football (Texans-Bears), 11/11 20.9 million 25. NBC Sunday Night Football (Packers-Giants), 11/25 20.9 million 26. CBS NCIS (Season Premiere), 9/25 20.5 million Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company
Following is the list of NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Dec. 3-9:
Week of 12/3-12/9
HH
HH
RTG
Market Game Date
RTG
SHR
Rank
Milwaukee Lions at Packers 12/9/2012
52.6
70
1
New Orleans Saints at Giants 12/9/2012
41.9
60
1
Pittsburgh Chargers at Steelers 12/9/2012
40.5
67
1
Denver Broncos at Raiders 12/6/2012
38.7
61
1
Minneapolis Bears at Vikings 12/9/2012
38.4
67
1
Baltimore Ravens at Redskins 12/9/2012
37.6
61
1
Indianapolis Titans at Colts 12/9/2012
35.5
59
1
Washington, DC Giants at Redskins 12/3/2012
31.2
51
1
Cincinnati Cowboys at Bengals 12/9/2012
31.2
53
1
Cleveland Chiefs at Browns 12/9/2012
30.8
58
1
Seattle Cardinals at Seahawks 12/9/2012
29.4
58
1
Buffalo Rams at Bills 12/9/2012
29.0
51
1
Dallas Cowboys at Bengals 12/9/2012
28.7
55
1
Kansas City Chiefs at Browns 12/9/2012
28.1
53
1
Chicago Bears at Vikings 12/9/2012
27.7
52
1
Detroit Lions at Packers 12/9/2012
27.0
39
1
St. Louis Rams at Bills 12/9/2012
24.4
46
1
Atlanta Falcons at Panthers 12/9/2012
23.7
47
1
Nashville Titans at Colts 12/9/2012
22.8
38
1
Charlotte Falcons at Panthers 12/9/2012
22.1
44
1
Philadelphia Eagles at Buccaneers 12/9/2012
21.6
40
1
Jacksonville Jets at Jaguars 12/9/2012
21.2
36
1
Tampa Eagles at Buccaneers 12/9/2012
21.1
43
1
New York Saints at Giants 12/9/2012
21.0
35
1
San Diego Chargers at Steelers 12/9/2012
20.3
46
1
San Fran-Oakland Dolphins at 49ers 12/9/2012
18.7
48
1
Phoenix Cardinals at Seahawks 12/9/2012
17.2
32
1
Miami Dolphins at 49ers 12/9/2012
14.6
28
1
Houston Saints at Giants 12/9/2010
13.8
26
1
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company
And that will do it for this post.
