“NBC Sunday Night Football” earns huge rating
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The Dallas
Cowboys 34-10 victory over the Chicago Bears on “NBC Sunday Night
Football” earned a 13.7 overnight rating and 23 share (8:30-11:15 p.m.,
ET), the best metered market rating this season, the third best in the
franchise’s year-plus history and a 28% increase over last season’s
Broncos/Patriots game (10.7/16 on 9/24/06).
“NBC Sunday Night Football” is the No. 1 primetime program for the
third consecutive week.
Last night’s game easily defeated Sunday night season premieres on CBS (Cold
Case 8.9/13 and Shark 8.4/13) and Fox (Simpsons 7.1/11, King of the Hill 5.4/8
and Family Guy 6.7/10).
Other ratings notes:
From 8-11
p.m., NBC bested CBS by 76% while more than doubling the competition from Fox
(106%) and ABC (153%).
The rating peaked between 10:30 and 11 p.m., ET at a 15.3/25.
NBC’s
“Football Night in
America”
earned a 5.6 overnight rating and a 10 share (7:30-8:15 p.m., ET), a 26%
increase over last year’s comparable Sunday Night (4.4/7).
Top Ten Metered Markets For Cowboys/Bears:
1.
Dallas
37.2/56
2.
Chicago
26.0/42
3.
San Antonio
24.5/35
4.
Austin
24.0/40
5.
Indianapolis
20.4/31
6.
Las Vegas
19.7/29
7.
Albuquerque
19.3/30
8.
Milwaukee
16.5/28
9.
Denver
16.1/24
10.
Houston
15.8/25