Ratings and viewership for each game of the 2011 NFL Playoffs, with comparisons to 2010 and 2009.
Eleven NFL postseason games averaged just over 44 million viewers across FOX, CBS and NBC, up from 42 million last year, and up from 36 million in 2009.
The postseason set a variety of single-game viewership records, including the most-viewed Wild Card game, the most-viewed Divisional Round game, and, most notably, the most-viewed Super Bowl.
In addition, the league set records for the Wild Card and Divisional rounds as whole, and hit a 29-year high for the Conference Championship round.
Ratings/Viewership For Every Game of 2010-11 NFL Playoffs
Ratings/viewership for 2009-10 and 2008-09 playoffs included.
| Round | Window | Season | Game |
Net
|
Rating | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card | Sat., 4:30 PM | 2010-11 | NO 36, SEA 41 |
NBC
|
16.8
|
28,304
|
| 2009-10 | NYJ 24, CIN 14 |
NBC
|
15.2
|
25,048
|
||
| 2008-09 | ATL 24, ARI 30 |
NBC
|
13.1
|
20,953
|
||
| Sat., 8:00 PM | 2010-11 | NYJ 17, IND 16 |
NBC
|
18.7
|
33,350
|
|
| 2009-10 | PHI 14, DAL 34 |
NBC
|
18.0
|
32,124
|
||
| 2008-09 | IND 17, SD 23 |
NBC
|
16.1
|
27,792
|
||
| Sun., 1:00 PM | 2010-11 | BAL 30, KC 7 |
CBS
|
17.1
|
28,384
|
|
| 2009-10 | BAL 33, NE 14 |
CBS
|
16.9
|
27,413
|
||
| 2008-09 | BAL 27, MIA 9 |
CBS
|
15.0
|
23,893
|
||
| Sun., 4:30 PM | 2010-11 | GB 21, PHI 16 |
FOX
|
22.1
|
39,274
|
|
| 2009-10 | GB 45, ARI 51 |
FOX
|
19.6
|
34,406
|
||
| 2008-09 | PHI 26, MIN 14 |
FOX
|
17.6
|
30,026
|
||
| Divisional | Sat., 4:30 PM | 2010-11 | BAL 24, PIT 31 |
CBS
|
19.4
|
34,009
|
| 2009-10 | ARI 14, NO 45 |
FOX
|
16.1
|
27,910
|
||
| 2008-09 | BAL 13, TEN 10 |
CBS
|
15.4
|
25,453
|
||
| Sat., 8:00 PM | 2010-11 | GB 48, ATL 21 |
FOX
|
17.0
|
30,817
|
|
| 2009-10 | BAL 3, IND 20 |
CBS
|
17.0
|
30,569
|
||
| 2008-09 | ARI 33, CAR 13 |
FOX
|
13.8
|
23,776
|
||
| Sun., 1:00 PM | 2010-11 | SEA 24, CHI 35 |
FOX
|
19.1
|
32,493
|
|
| 2009-10 | DAL 3, MIN 34 |
FOX
|
22.0
|
37,669
|
||
| 2008-09 | PHI 23, NYG 11 |
FOX
|
18.7
|
31,358
|
||
| Sun., 4:30 PM | 2010-11 | NYJ 28, NE 21 |
CBS
|
24.2
|
43,463
|
|
| 2009-10 | NYJ 17, SD 14 |
CBS
|
20.1
|
35,627
|
||
| 2008-09 | SD 24, PIT 35 |
CBS
|
19.6
|
34,107
|
||
| Conf. Champ. | Sun., 3:00 PM | 2010-11 | GB 21, CHI 14 |
FOX
|
28.1
|
51,884
|
| 2009-10 | NYJ 17, IND 30 |
CBS
|
26.3
|
46,917
|
||
| 2008-09 | PHI 25, ARI 32 |
FOX
|
21.9
|
38,387
|
||
| Sun., 6:30 PM | 2010-11 | NYJ 19, PIT 24 |
CBS
|
28.3
|
54,850
|
|
| 2009-10 | MIN 28, NO 31 |
FOX
|
30.6
|
57,933
|
||
| 2008-09 | BAL 14, PIT 23 |
CBS
|
22.0
|
40,645
|
||
| Super Bowl | Sun., 6:30 PM | 2010-11 | GB 31, PIT 25 |
FOX
|
46.0
|
111,010
|
| 2009-10 | NO 31, IND 17 |
CBS
|
45.0
|
106,476
|
||
| 2008-09 | PIT 27, ARI 23 |
NBC
|
42.0
|
98,732
|
