NFL Week 16 Ratings

Santa was very good to football fans last last Sunday night as the Bears-Packers Sunday night game on NBC was the most-watched show among all programs last week with 24.0 million viewers, according to a release from the National Football League's office in New York City this week.
 
Locally, NFL games top the ratings in NFL markets 90 percent of the time through 16 weeks. Following is the list of the 29 NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Dec. 19-25:
  

Market        Game                   Date   RTG   SHR  Rank
Milwaukee     Bears at Packers       12/25  46.5  73    1
Pittsburgh    Steelers at 49ers      12/19  44.2  67    1*~
Baltimore     Browns at Ravens       12/24  31.9  61    1
Kansas City   Raiders at Chiefs      12/24  31.9  60    1
Boston        Dolphins at Patriots   12/24  30.3  61    1
Chicago       Bears at Packers       12/25  28.7  53    1
San Francisco Steelers at 49ers      12/19  28.2  50    1*~
Atlanta       Falcons at Saints      12/26  27.6  44    1
Denver        Broncos at Bills       12/24  26.8  59    1
Dallas        Eagles at Cowboys      12/24  25.6  52    1
Seattle       49ers at Seahawks      12/24  24.6  55    1
Detroit       Chargers at Lions      12/24  24.4  52    1
Nashville     Jaguars at Titans      12/24  23.5  44    1
New Orleans   Steelers at 49ers      12/19  23.3  32    1
Indianapolis  Texans at Colts        12/22  22.9  36    1**
Philadelphia  Eagles at Cowboys      12/24  22.7  47    1
Houston       Texans at Colts        12/22  22.4  36    1**
Minneapolis   Vikings at Redskins    12/24  22.4  59    1
San Diego     Chargers at Lions      12/24  21.8  44    1
New York      Giants at Jets         12/24  21.6  47    1
Charlotte     Buccaneers at Panthers 12/24  19.2  41    1
Cleveland     Browns at Ravens       12/24  19.0  40    1
Phoenix       Cardinals at Bengals   12/24  15.8  35    1
Washington    Vikings at Redskins    12/24  15.0  33    1
St. Louis     Rams at Steelers       12/24  13.6  29    1
Buffalo       Bears at Packers       12/25  13.6  24    1
Jacksonville  Bears at Packers       12/25  13.3  23    1
Tampa         Buccaneers at Panthers 12/24  13.2  31    1
Cincinnati    Giants at Jets         12/24  13.0  28    1               

* Local affiliate & ESPN combined
** Local affiliate & NFL Network combined
~ Includes Oakland 
 
Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company

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NFL Week 17 on the Tube

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m. (FOX) Dick Stockton, John Lynch, Jaime Maggio (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 136 (Tampa Bay), 117 (Atlanta). XM: 232 (Atlanta).  

Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX) Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick, Laura Okmin (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 85 (Detroit), 104 (Green Bay). XM: 230 (Green Bay). 

Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS) Bill Macatee, Steve Tasker. SIRIUS: 106 (Tennessee), 128 (Houston). XM: 234 (Houston).

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS) Spero Dedes, Steve Beuerlein. SIRIUS: 113 (Indianapolis), 112 (Jacksonville). XM: 233 (Jacksonville). 

New York Jets at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS) Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf. Westwood One Radio: Howard David, Tony Boselli. SIRIUS: 86 (New York Jets), 136 (Miami). XM: 231 (Miami)

Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX) Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 135 (Chicago), 94 (Minnesota) XM: 227 (Minnnesota)

Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS) Don Criqui, Randy Cross. SIRIUS: 134 (Buffalo), 93 (New England) XM: 226 (New England)

Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (FOX) Ron Pitts, Charles Davis, Drea Avent (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 139 (Washington), 92 (Philadelphia). XM: 225 (Philadelphia).

San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m. (FOX) Chris Myers, Tim Ryan, Jennifer Hale (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 137 (San Francisco), 117 (St. Louis). XM: 232 (St. Louis). 

Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 138 (Carolina), 125 (New Orleans).  XM: 229 (New Orleans). 

Seattle at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. (FOX) Sam Rosen, Chad Pennington, Jody Jackson (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 139 (Seattle), 112 (Arizona). XM: 233 (Arizona). 

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 4:15 p.m. (CBS) Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts. SIRIUS: 134 (Baltimore), 94 (Cincinnati). XM: 227 (Cincinnati).  
 
Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 4:15 p.m. (CBS) Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots. SIRIUS: 135 (Pittsburgh), 92 (Cleveland). XM: 225 (Cleveland). 

Kansas City at Denver, 4:15 p.m. (CBS) Jim Nantz, Phil Simms. Westwood One Radio: Kevin Kugler, Mark Malone. SIRIUS: 132 (Kansas City), 86 (Denver). XM: 228 (Denver).

San Diego at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. (CBS) Marv Albert, Rich Gannon. SIRIUS: 85 (San Diego), 93 (Oakland). XM: 226 (Oakland).

Dallas at New York Giants, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya (Field reporter). Westwood One Radio: Dave Sims, James Lofton, Hub Arkush (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 94 (WW1), 92 (Dallas), 93 (New York Giants). XM: 227 (WW1), 225 (Dallas), 226 (New York Giants).