Ratings and viewership rose double-digits for Sunday’s clash of AFC North rivals.
The Week 9 Ravens/Steelers Sunday Night Football game earned a 13.3 final rating and 22.121 million viewers on NBC, up 15% in ratings and 14% in viewership from Week 9 last year (DAL/GB: 11.6, 19.368M), and up 2% and 1%, respectively, from 2009 (DAL/PHI: 13.1, 21.883M).
This marks the second straight week Sunday Night Football has had a double-digit rise in ratings and viewership.
Sunday’s telecast ranked as the top primetime program of the week on broadcast in ratings, viewership and the adults 18-49 demographic (8.8).
For the season, regular season NFL action has averaged a 12.8 rating and 21.4 million viewers on NBC, flat in ratings and up slightly in viewership from last year (12.8, 21.3M), and up 8% and 9%, respectively, from 2009 (11.8, 19.5M).
Ratings/Viewership For NFL on NBC
Through Week 9 of the season
|
Wk #
|
Date
|
Game
|
Net
|
Rating
|
Viewers (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Thu., 9/8/11 | NO 34, GB 42 | NBC |
16.0
|
27,169
|
| Sun., 9/11/11 | DAL 24, NYJ 27 | NBC |
15.3
|
25,766
|
|
|
2
|
Sun., 9/18/11 | PHI 31, ATL 35 | NBC |
14.3
|
23,424
|
|
3
|
Sun., 9/25/11 | PIT 23, IND 20 | NBC |
12.2
|
20,357
|
|
4
|
Sun., 10/2/11 | NYJ 17, BAL 34 | NBC |
11.5
|
18,900
|
|
5
|
Sun., 10/9/11 | GB 25, ATL 14 | NBC |
13.4
|
22,046
|
|
6
|
Sun., 10/16/11 | MIN 10, CHI 39 | NBC |
10.1
|
16,568
|
|
7
|
Sun., 10/23/11 | IND 7, NO 62 | NBC |
7.6
|
12,465
|
|
8
|
Sun., 10/30/11 | DAL 7, PHI 34 | NBC |
13.8
|
22,994
|
|
9
|
Sun., 11/6/11 | BAL 23, PIT 20 | NBC |
13.3
|
22,121
|
