NFL GAMES TOP RATINGS IN 29 MARKETS

Bears-Packers on NBC Sunday Night Football Most-Watched Show of Week

The Bears-Packers Sunday night game on NBC was the most-watched show among all programs last week with 24.0 million viewers.

Locally, NFL games top the ratings in NFL markets 90 percent of the time through 16 weeks.  Following is the list of the 29 NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Dec. 19-25:

Week of 12/19-12/25			HH	HH	RTG
Market	Game	Date	RTG	SHR	Rank
Milwaukee	Bears at Packers	12/25/11	46.5	73	1
Pittsburgh	Steelers at 49ers*	12/19/11	44.2	67	1
Baltimore	Browns at Ravens	12/24/11	31.9	61	1
Kansas City	Raiders at Chiefs	12/24/11	31.9	60	1
Boston	Dolphins at Patriots	12/24/11	30.3	61	1
Chicago	Bears at Packers	12/25/11	28.7	53	1
San Fran-Oakland	Steelers at 49ers*	12/19/11	28.2	50	1
Atlanta	Falcons at Saints	12/26/11	27.6	44	1
Denver	Broncos at Bills	12/24/11	26.8	59	1
Dallas	Eagles at Cowboys	12/24/11	25.6	52	1
Seattle	49ers at Seahawks	12/24/11	24.6	55	1
Detroit	Chargers at Lions	12/24/11	24.4	52	1
Nashville	Jaguars at Titans	12/24/11	23.5	44	1
New Orleans	Steelers at 49ers	12/19/11	23.3	32	1
Indianapolis	Texans at Colts**	12/22/11	22.9	36	1
Philadelphia	Eagles at Cowboys	12/24/11	22.7	47	1
Houston	Texans at Colts**	12/22/11	22.4	36	1
Minneapolis	Vikings at Redskins	12/24/11	22.4	59	1
San Diego	Chargers at Lions	12/24/11	21.8	44	1
New York	Giants at Jets	12/24/11	21.6	47	1
Charlotte	Buccaneers at Panthers	12/24/11	19.2	41	1
Cleveland	Browns at Ravens	12/24/11	19.0	40	1
Phoenix	Cardinals at Bengals	12/24/11	15.8	35	1
Washington, DC	Vikings at Redskins	12/24/11	15.0	33	1
St. Louis	Rams at Steelers	12/24/11	13.6	29	1
Buffalo	Bears at Packers	12/25/11	13.6	24	1
Jacksonville	Bears at Packers	12/25/11	13.3	23	1
Tampa	Buccaneers at Panthers	12/24/11	13.2	31	1
Cincinnati	Giants at Jets	12/24/11	13.0	28	1

               

* Local affiliate & ESPN combined

** Local affiliate & NFL Network combined

Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company