The NFL Continues To Rack Up The Ratings

Week 10 in the NFL and once again, a professional football game has topped the ratings. Fox’s Dallas-Philadelphia in the 4:25 p.m. window followed by NBC’s Sunday Night Football’s Houston-Chicago rainfest were 1-2 on the viewership heap. Fox’s game averaged 24.3 million viewers followed by NBC which averaged 20.9 million.

Locally, NFL games topped the ratings in 27 of the league’s 30 markets. Let’s take a look at the press release from the National Football League.

NFL GAME RANKS AS MOST-WATCHED SHOW ON TV FOR 10TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK

Games Top Local Ratings in 27 of 30 NFL Markets

NFL games were the two most-watched shows on TV last week (Nov. 5-11) with the FOX national telecast (mostly Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles) topping all sports and entertainment competition with 24.3 million viewers followed by NBC’s Sunday Night Football (Houston Texans-Chicago Bears) drawing 20.9 million viewers. This marks the 10th time in 10 weeks that an NFL game has topped the viewership charts and the ninth time in 10 weeks that NFL games ranked 1-2 in viewership for the week.

For the season, NFL games rank as the 16 most-watched TV shows since Labor Day. Following are the most-watched programs this fall:

Program Viewers
1. NBC Sunday Night Football (Steelers-Broncos), 9/9 27.6 million
2. FOX Sunday National (mostly Giants-Cowboys), 10/28 26.9 million
3. FOX Sunday National (mostly 49ers-Packers), 9/9 26.4 million
4. CBS Sunday National (mostly Broncos-Patriots), 10/7 24.5 million
5. FOX Sunday National (mostly Cowboys-Eagles), 11/11 24.3 million
6. CBS Sunday National (mostly Steelers-Giants), 11/4 24.2 million
7. CBS Sunday National (mostly Texans-Broncos), 9/23 24.0 million
8. NBC Wednesday Night Kickoff Game (Cowboys-Giants), 9/5 23.9 million
9. CBS Sunday National (mostly Jets-Patriots), 10/21 23.0 million
10. FOX Sunday National (mostly Giants-49ers), 10/14 22.8 million
11. NBC Sunday Night Football (Giants-Eagles), 9/30 22.8 million
12. FOX Sunday National (mostly Saints-Packers), 9/30 22.3 million
13. NBC Sunday Night Football (Cowboys-Falcons), 11/4 21.8 million
14. NBC Sunday Night Football (Lions-49ers), 9/16 21.3 million
15. NBC Sunday Night Football (Patriots-Ravens), 9/23 21.3 million
16. NBC Sunday Night Football (Texans-Bears), 11/11 20.9 million
17. CBS NCIS (Season Premiere), 9/25 20.5 million

Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company

Locally, NFL games topped ratings in 27 NFL markets last week. Following is the list of NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Nov. 5-11:

Week of 11/5-11  

 

HH

HH

RTG

Market Game

Date

RTG

SHR

Rank

New Orleans Eagles at Saints

11/5/2012

57.1

71

1

Chicago Texans at Bears

11/11/2012

38.0

53

1

Denver Broncos at Panthers

11/11/2012

36.2

65

1

Indianapolis Colts at Jaguars

11/8/2012

34.5

52

1

Houston Texans at Bears

11/11/2012

32.9

48

1

Minneapolis Lions at Vikings

11/11/2012

32.6

65

1

Boston Bills at Patriots

11/11/2012

32.1

59

1

Baltimore Raiders at Ravens

11/11/2012

30.2

55

1

Dallas Cowboys at Eagles

11/11/2012

29.2

52

1

Philadelphia Cowboys at Eagles

11/11/2012

29.0

47

1

Seattle Jets at Seahawks

11/11/2012

26.9

53

1

Buffalo Bills at Patriots

11/11/2012

26.8

55

1

Atlanta Falcons at Saints

11/11/2012

26.6

49

1

Milwaukee Houston at Chicago

11/11/2012

25.7

36

1

St. Louis Rams at 49ers

11/11/2012

25.0

40

1

San Diego Chargers at Buccaneers

11/11/2012

23.9

50

1

Nashville Titans at Dolphins

11/11/2012

23.2

37

1

Detroit Lions at Vikings

11/11/2012

23.0

47

1

San Fran-Oakland Rams at 49ers

11/11/2012

20.3

48

1

Charlotte Broncos at Panthers

11/11/2012

19.8

40

1

Washington, DC Dallas at Philadelphia

11/11/2012

17.6

33

1

Jacksonville Colts at Jaguars

11/8/2012

16.5

26

1

New York Giants at Bengals

11/11/2012

15.6

34

1

Miami Titans at Dolphins

11/11/2012

15.4

35

1

Kansas City Dallas at Philadelphia

11/11/2012

15.1

24

1

Phoenix Houston at Chicago

11/11/2012

15.0

24

1

Tampa Dallas at Philadelphia

11/11/2012

13.3

24

1

Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company

That’s all.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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