The Cowboys-Giants matchup on Sunday Night Football drew an average of 27.6 million viewers. It was the most watched NBC primetime NFL game ever.
With the Christmas edition of Sunday Night Football as the night's only original programming, I'll leave it to interested readers to do any comparisons with Sunday's preliminary ratings.
Sunday's Final Broadcast Ratings:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00PM | CBS | NFL Overrun | 8.7 | 26 | 27.000 |
| FOX | NFL Football/ The OT | 2.6 | 8 | 7.660 | |
| ABC | Once Upon A Time -R | 0.8 | 2 | 3.290 | |
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| 7:30PM | CBS | 60 Minutes | 2.9 | 8 | 14.450 |
| NBC | Football Night In America | 2.4 | 7 | 7.250 | |
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| 8:00PM | NBC | Football Night In America | 5.0 | 13 | 14.440 |
| FOX | The Simpsons -R | 1.5 | 4 | 3.620 | |
| ABC | Once Upon A Time -R | 1.1 | 3 | 4.120 | |
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| 8:30PM | NBC | NBC Sunday Night Football (8:30-11p) | 9.8 | 24 | 27.620 |
| FOX | The Cleveland Show -R | 1.3 | 3 | 2.880 | |
| CBS | Unforgettable -R | 1.2 | 3 | 7.120 | |
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| 9:00PM | FOX | Family Guy -R | 1.7 | 4 | 3.570 |
| ABC | Once Upon A Time -R | 1.1 | 3 | 3.930 | |
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| 9:30PM | FOX | American Dad -R | 1.5 | 3 | 3.030 |
| CBS | The Good Wife -R | 1.1 | 3 | 6.260 | |
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| 10:00PM | ABC | Once Upon A Time -R | 1.2 | 3 | 3.800 |
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| 10:30PM | CBS | CSI:Miami -R | 1.2 | 3 | 6.250 |
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