NFL Network scored strong numbers for last Thursday’s clash between the Jets and Broncos.
The Week 11 Jets/Broncos Thursday Night Football game drew a 4.3 U.S. rating and 7.050 million viewers on NFL Network, up 30% in ratings and viewership compared to Week 11 last year (CHI/MIA: 3.3, 5.418M), and up 126% and 135%, respectively, from Week 11 in 2009 (MIA/CAR: 1.9, 2.995M).
Thursday’s game ranks as the fifth-most viewed NFL telecast ever on NFL Network, and the second-most viewed that did not involve the Cowboys.
Though a strong draw for NFL Network, Jets/Broncos ranks as the second-least viewed NFL telecast of the season on any network.
Five Most-Viewed NFL Telecasts on NFL Network
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#
|
Date
|
Game
|
Net
|
Rating
|
Viewers (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Sat., 12/19/09 | DAL 24, NO 17 | NFLN |
5.7
|
10,497
|
|
2
|
Thu., 11/29/07 | GB 27, DAL 37 | NFLN |
5.4
|
10,054
|
|
3
|
Sat., 12/25/10 | DAL 26, ARI 27 | NFLN |
3.8
|
7,843
|
|
4
|
Thu., 11/25/10 | CIN 10, NYJ 26 | NFLN |
3.4
|
7,106
|
|
5
|
Thu., 11/17/11 | NYJ 13, DEN 17 | NFLN |
4.3
|
7,050
|
(Thursday’s numbers from NFL Network press release via Fang’s Bites, with additional information from Media Life Magazine)
