Three for Three- NFL Remains Supreme in the Ratings

http://sportsmediajournal.com/page/2/ Replacement referees or not, the NFL is still a ratings winner through three weeks of the season. NFL games were the top-two rated programs on television this week, with the late CBS game on Sunday (Houston/Denver or Pittsburgh/Oakland) coming out on top and the Sunday Night Football telecast on NBC of Patriots/Ravens coming in at number two. Once again NFL action was number one in all 30 NFL markets. Here is the breakdown: Week of 9/17–9/23 HH HH RTG Market Game Date RTG SHR Rank Pittsburgh Steelers at Raiders 9/23/12 47.1 70 1 New Orleans Chiefs at Saints 9/23/12 44.0 66 1 Denver Broncos at Falcons 9/17/12 40.3 60 1 Baltimore Patriots at Ravens 9/23/12 37.4 56 1 Boston Patriots at Ravens 9/23/12 36.1 57 1 Buffalo Bills at Browns 9/23/12 35.4 59 1 Indianapolis Jaguars at Colts 9/23/12 34.8 59 1 Kansas City Chiefs at Saints 9/23/12 33.3 59 1 Minneapolis 49ers at Vikings 9/23/12 32.6 68 1 Cincinnati Bengals at Redskins 9/23/12 29.6 53 1 Atlanta Broncos at Falcons 9/17/12 28.8 44 1 Dallas Bucs at Cowboys 9/23/12 28.7 56 1 Houston Texans at Broncos 9/23/12 28.1 48 1 Cleveland Bills at Browns 9/23/12 27.3 52 1 Charlotte Giants at Panthers 9/23/12 26.6 42 1 Nashville Lions at Titans 9/23/12 26.4 45 1 Philadelphia Eagles at Cardinals 9/23/12 25.5 42 1 Chicago Rams at Bears 9/23/12 25.4 51 1 Washington, DC Bengals at Redskins 9/23/12 24.6 49 1 Detroit Lions at Titans 9/23/12 24.2 47 1 Phoenix Eagles at Cardinals 9/23/12 22.5 43 1 Jacksonville Jaguars at Colts 9/23/12 21.6 38 1 St. Louis Rams at Bears 9/23/12 20.8 40 1 Miami Jets at Dolphins 9/23/12 19.6 40 1 San Diego Broncos at Falcons 9/17/12 17.3 29 1 Milwaukee Texans at Broncos 9/23/12 16.8 29 1 San Fran-Oakland 49ers at Vikings 9/23/12 16.5 44 1 New York Jets at Dolphins 9/23/12 15.4 34 1 Tampa Bucs at Cowboys 9/23/12 15.2 31 1 Seattle Patriots at Ravens 9/23/12 13.2 25 1 Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company