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 HH HH RTG 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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