via press release:
COWBOYS-REDSKINS IS MOST-WATCHED & HIGHEST-RATED NBC REGULAR-SEASON PRIMETIME GAME EVER
30.3 Million & 17.0 rating Top ALL NBC Regular-Season Primetime NFL Games
Cowboys-Redskins is Most-Watched and Highest-Rated NFL Game this Season
Most-Watched NFL Regular-Season Primetime Game in 16 Years
Highest-Rated NFL Regular-Season Primetime Game in 15 Years
NEW YORK – January 3, 2013 – The Cowboys-Redskins Sunday Night Football game on NBC is now the most-watched and highest-rated NFL regular-season primetime game ever on NBC, the most-watched NFL regular-season primetime game on any network in 16 years, and the highest-rated and most-watched NFL game this season, according to official national data released today by The Nielsen Company.
Sunday’s game on NBC, in which the Redskins defeated the Cowboys, 28-18, to win the NFC East in America’s game of the week, was seen by 30.3 million viewers, 10 percent higher than last year’s Week 17 game (Cowboys-Giants, 27.62 million), which was also a win-and-in game to determine the winner of the NFC East, and the previous most-watched NBC regular-season primetime NFL game. It also topped the 28.7 million for the Redskins-Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game on Fox, which had been the most-watched NFL game on ANY network this season.
Other Viewership and Ratings Notes for Cowboys-Redskins:
Most-watched regular-season primetime game on ANY network in 16 years (Packers-Cowboys, 31.5 million, Nov. 18, 1996 on ABC).
Most-watched NFL primetime regular-season final game in 18 years (32.0 million for 49ers-Vikings, Dec. 26, 1994 on ABC).
Most-watched Cowboys-Redskins regular-season primetime game in 19 years (31.1 million on Sept. 6, 1993 on ABC).
The Cowboys-Redskins game received a 17.0 national household rating and a 27 share, up eight percent from last year’s Week 17 game (Cowboys-Giants, 15.7/25), making it the highest-rated Sunday Night Football broadcast ever.
The two highest-rated NFL games this season are Sunday’s Cowboys-Redskins game and the Sunday Night Football Week 1 game (Steelers-Broncos, 16.5/26).
Cowboys-Redskins game is most-watched television program on any network (not including the London Olympics) since the Academy Awards (39.3 million on Feb. 26, 2012).
MOST WATCHED NFL REGULAR-SEASON PRIMETIME GAMES ON NBC:
1.
30.3 million
Cowboys-Redskins
12/30/12 (Sunday Night’s Game)
2.
27.62 million
Cowboys-Giants
1/1/12 (2011 SNF Week 17)
3.
27.57 million
Steelers-Broncos
9/9/12 (2012 SNF Week 1)
4.
27.5 million
Vikings-Saints
9/9/10 (2010 Thursday Night Opener)*
5.
27.1 million
Saints-Packers
9/8/11 (2011 Thursday Night Opener)*
6.
25.8 million
Cowboys-Jets
9/11/11 (2011 SNF Week 1)
7.
25.73 million
Eagles-Cowboys
12/12/10 (2010 SNF Week 14)
8.
25.68 million
Vikings-Packers
10/24/10, (Favre Return to Lambeau II)
9.
25.3 million
Cowboys-Redskins
9/12/10 (2010 SNF Week 1)
10.
24.8 million
Giants-Cowboys
9/20/09 (Cowboys Stadium Debut)
* NFL Kickoff Games
HIGHEST-RATED NFL REGULAR-SEASON PRIMETIME GAMES ON NBC:
1. 17.0/27
Cowboys-Redskins, 12/30/12
T2. 16.5/28
Vikings-Saints, 9/9/10*
T2. 16.5/26
Steelers- Broncos, 9/9/12
4. 16.0/26
Saints-Packers, 9/8/11*
5. 15.7/25
Cowboys-Giants, 1/1/12
6. 15.4/25
Vikings-Packers, 10/24/10
7. 15.3/25
Cowboys-Jets, 9/11/11
8. 15.2/24
Eagles-Cowboys, 12/12/10
9. 15.1/25
Giants-Cowboys, 9/20/09
10. 15.0/25
Cowboys-Redskins, 9/12/10
* NFL Kickoff Games
TOP 10 METERED MARKETS FOR COWBOYS-REDSKINS:
1. Washington D.C.
44.6/68
2. Richmond
42.8/60
3. Norfolk
37.1/53
4. Dallas
36.9/55
T5. San Antonio
28.4/44
T5. Austin
28.4/48
7. Albuquerque
27.6/41
8. Baltimore
23.9/35
T9. Greensboro
23.6/35
T9. New Orleans
23.6/32
Looking at the most watched NFL regular season games, at least the Cowboys are ‘America’s team’ when it comes to the ratings.
Yep they’re a ratings beast. Too bad they suck. 1 playoff win in what like 15 years? That’s like the bottom feeders like the Browns and Lions.