via press release:
GIANTS-COWBOYS ON NBC Sunday Night Football MOST-WATCHED SHOW OF THE WEEK
NFL Games Top Local Ratings in 29 Markets
Fans continue to tune into NFL football more than any other program this holiday season. The Giants-Cowboys Sunday night game on NBC was the most-watched show among all programs last week with 24.5 million viewers -- the 12th time in 14 weeks that an NFL game telecast has been television’s most-watched program.
Locally, NFL games topped the ratings in 29 NFL markets. Following is the list of the NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Dec. 5 – 11:
| Week of 12/5-12/11 |
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| Market | Game |
Date |
RTG |
SHR |
Rank |
| Pittsburgh | Browns at Steelers** | 12/8/11 | 49.7 | 68 |
1 |
| Milwaukee | Raiders at Packers | 12/11/11 | 47.9 | 72 |
1 |
| New Orleans | Saints at Titans | 12/11/11 | 47.6 | 67 |
1 |
| Dallas | Giants at Cowboys | 12/11/11 | 41.6 | 58 |
1 |
| Denver | Bears at Broncos | 12/11/11 | 39.2 | 67 |
1 |
| Boston | Patriots at Redskins | 12/11/11 | 34.4 | 67 |
1 |
| Baltimore | Colts at Ravens | 12/11/11 | 33.3 | 56 |
1 |
| Chicago | Bears at Broncos | 12/11/11 | 33.0 | 56 |
1 |
| Cleveland | Browns at Steelers** | 12/8/11 | 30.4 | 48 |
1 |
| Minneapolis | Vikings at Lions | 12/11/11 | 30.2 | 59 |
1 |
| Buffalo | Bills at Chargers | 12/11/11 | 29.4 | 44 |
1 |
| Kansas City | Chiefs at Jets | 12/11/11 | 29.3 | 54 |
1 |
| Nashville | Saints at Titans | 12/11/11 | 28.8 | 48 |
1 |
| San Diego | Chargers at Jaguars* | 12/5/11 | 27.9 | 45 |
1 |
| Charlotte | Falcons at Panthers | 12/11/11 | 26.6 | 51 |
1 |
| Detroit | Vikings at Lions | 12/11/11 | 26.4 | 51 |
1 |
| Indianapolis | Colts at Ravens | 12/11/11 | 26.3 | 50 |
1 |
| Jacksonville | Chargers at Jaguars* | 12/5/11 | 25.6 | 36 |
1 |
| Houston | Texans at Bengals | 12/11/11 | 25.3 | 49 |
1 |
| Washington, DC | Patriots at Redskins | 12/11/11 | 24.8 | 49 |
1 |
| Philadelphia | Eagles at Dolphins | 12/11/11 | 23.1 | 46 |
1 |
| Phoenix | 49ers at Cardinals | 12/11/11 | 21.6 | 42 |
1 |
| New York | Giants at Cowboys | 12/11/11 | 21.5 | 32 |
1 |
| Atlanta | Falcons at Panthers | 12/11/11 | 19.4 | 38 |
1 |
| San Fran-Oakland | 49ers at Cardinals | 12/11/11 | 17.5 | 42 |
1 |
| Miami | Eagles at Dolphins | 12/11/11 | 17.4 | 36 |
1 |
| Seattle | Giants at Cowboys | 12/11/11 | 14.5 | 25 |
1 |
| Tampa | Giants at Cowboys | 12/11/11 | 14.4 | 27 |
1 |
| St. Louis | Giants at Cowboys | 12/11/11 | 13.9 | 22 |
1 |
* Local affiliate & ESPN combined
** Local affiliate & NFLN combined
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company
