At the Halfway Mark, NFL Viewership Still Number One

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ The NFL today released viewership figures for the first half of the 2012 season, and the league has never been as popular with television audiences. Through nine weeks 172 million people have tuned into NFL action, and NFL games account for the top 14 television programs thus far this fall television season. Sunday Night Football is the number one show of the year thus far with Monday Night Football the number one program on cable. Once again last week NFL action was the top rated program in 27 of the 29 NFL local markets: Week of 10/29-11/4 HH HH RTG Market Game Date RTG SHR Rank Pittsburgh Steelers at Giants 11/4/12 50.1 73 1 Milwaukee Cardinals at Packers 11/4/12 43.3 71 1 Indianapolis Dolphins at Colts 11/4/12 36.6 60 1 Denver Broncos at Bengals 11/4/12 33.0 67 1 Buffalo Bills at Texans 11/4/12 32.6 56 1 Minneapolis Vikings at Seahawks 11/4/12 32.0 58 1 Atlanta Cowboys at Falcons 11/4/12 31.1 45 1 Dallas Cowboys at Falcons 11/4/12 30.9 48 1 Cleveland Ravens at Browns 11/4/12 30.3 53 1 Baltimore Ravens at Browns 11/4/12 30.2 52 1 Cincinnati Broncos at Bengals 11/4/12 29.1 52 1 San Diego Chiefs at Chargers 11/1/12 28.4 46 1 Chicago Bears at Titans 11/4/12 28.0 56 1 Seattle Vikings at Seahawks 11/4/12 27.8 56 1 Detroit Lions at Jaguars 11/4/12 24.7 46 1 Kansas City Chiefs at Chargers 11/1/12 23.8 37 1 Houston Bills at Texans 11/4/12 23.4 50 1 Charlotte Panthers at Redskins 11/4/12 23.2 41 1 Washington, DC Panthers at Redskins 11/4/12 21.8 44 1 Phoenix 49ers at Cardinals 10/29/12 20.3 32 1 Philadelphia Steelers at Giants 11/4/12 19.9 32 1 Miami Dolphins at Colts 11/4/12 19.6 42 1 San Fran-Oakland 49ers at Cardinals 10/29/12 18.0 34 1 Jacksonville Lions at Jaguars 11/4/12 17.2 30 1 New England Steelers at Giants 11/4/12 16.0 27 1 Tampa Buccaneers at Raiders 11/4/12 15.3 26 1 St. Louis Steelers at Giants 11/4/12 14.2 25 1