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FOX NFL National Telecast is Most Watched Show on TV

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An NFL game was the most-watched show on TV last week (Dec. 17-23) for the 16th time in 16 weeks of the NFL season with the FOX national telecast (mostly New York Giants-Baltimore Ravens) topping all sports and entertainment competition with 24.2 million viewers.

Locally, an NFL game was the highest-rated show in all 30 NFL markets last week, marking the second consecutive week and the record fifth time this season that NFL games topped local ratings in all NFL markets. Previously there were four "30 for 30" weeks in the full 2010 and 2011 seasons. NFL games have topped local ratings 93 percent of the time this season (up from 90 percent at this point in '11).

For the season, NFL games rank as 29 of the 30 most-watched TV shows since Labor Day. Following are the most-watched programs this fall:

Program	Viewers
1. FOX Thanksgiving Game (Redskins-Cowboys), 11/22	28.7 million
2. NBC Sunday Night Football (Steelers-Broncos), 9/9	27.6 million
3. CBS Thanksgiving Game (Texans-Lions), 11/22	27.3 million
4. FOX Sunday National (mostly Giants-Cowboys), 10/28	26.9 million
5. CBS Sunday National (mostly Steelers-Cowboys), 12/16	26.9 million
6. FOX Sunday National (mostly 49ers-Packers), 9/9	26.4 million
7. FOX Sunday National (mostly 49ers-Saints), 11/25	24.9 million
8. CBS Sunday National (mostly Broncos-Patriots), 10/7	24.5 million
9. FOX Sunday National (mostly Saints-Giants), 12/9	24.5 million
10. FOX Sunday National (mostly Cowboys-Eagles), 11/11	24.3 million
11. FOX Sunday National (mostly Giants-Ravens),12/23	24.2 million
12. CBS Sunday National (mostly Steelers-Giants), 11/4	24.2 million
13. CBS Sunday National (mostly Texans-Broncos), 9/23	24.0 million
14. NBC Wed. Night Kickoff Game (Cowboys-Giants), 9/5	23.9 million
15. CBS Sunday National (Indy-NE & SD-Den), 11/18	23.6 million
16. NBC Sunday Night Football (49ers-Patriots), 12/16	23.2 million
17. CBS Sunday National (mostly Steelers-Ravens), 12/2	23.0 million
18. CBS Sunday National (mostly Jets-Patriots), 10/21	23.0 million
19. FOX Sunday National (mostly Giants-49ers), 10/14	22.8 million
20. NBC Sunday Night Football (Giants-Eagles), 9/30	22.8 million
21. NBC Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, 11/22	22.4 million
22. FOX Sunday National (mostly Saints-Packers), 9/30	22.3 million
23. NBC Sunday Night Football (Cowboys-Falcons), 11/4	21.8 million
24. FOX Sunday Single (mostly NYG-ATL & GB-Chi), 12/16	21.4 million
25. NBC Sunday Night Football (Lions-Packers), 12/9	21.4 million
26. NBC Sunday Night Football (Lions-49ers), 9/16	21.3 million
27. NBC Sunday Night Football (Patriots-Ravens), 9/23	21.3 million
28. FOX Sunday Single (mostly Minn-GB & TB-Den), 12/2	20.9 million
29. NBC Sunday Night Football (Texans-Bears), 11/11	20.9 million
30. NBC Sunday Night Football (Packers-Giants), 11/25	20.9 million

Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company

Following is the list of all 30 NFL markets where football was the top-rated program for the week of Dec. 17-23:

Week of 12/17-23			HH	HH	RTG
Market	Game	Date	RTG	SHR	Rank
Pittsburgh	Bengals at Steelers	12/23/12	40.7	70	1
Milwaukee	Titans at Packers	12/23/12	40.4	71	1
New Orleans	Saints at Cowboys	12/23/12	40.1	66	1
Baltimore	Giants at Ravens	12/23/12	34.5	56	1
Denver	Browns at Broncos	12/23/12	34.4	66	1
Seattle	49ers at Seahawks	12/23/12	34.2	64	1
Minneapolis	Vikings at Texans	12/23/12	33.4	69	1
Cincinnati	Bengals at Steelers	12/23/12	33.0	59	1
Boston	Patriots at Jaguars	12/23/12	32.5	63	1
Indianapolis	Colts at Chiefs	12/23/12	31.0	56	1
Washington, DC	Redskins at Eagles	12/23/12	28.0	57	1
Chicago	Bears at Cardinals	12/23/12	27.8	53	1
Atlanta	Falcons at Lions	12/22/12	27.7	47	1
Dallas	Saints at Cowboys	12/23/12	27.2	57	1
Kansas City	Colts at Chiefs	12/23/12	25.6	52	1
Buffalo	Bills at Dolphins	12/23/12	23.7	44	1
San Fran-Oakland	49ers at Seahawks	12/23/12	23.7	48	1
Philadelphia	Redskins at Eagles	12/23/12	23.6	47	1
Houston	Vikings at Texans	12/23/12	23.3	49	1
Cleveland	Browns at Broncos	12/23/12	23.0	42	1
Detroit	Falcons at Lions	12/22/12	22.2	36	1
Charlotte	Raiders at Panthers	12/23/12	21.6	44	1
St. Louis	Rams at Buccaneers	12/23/12	19.7	41	1
Phoenix	Bears at Cardinals	12/23/12	19.6	41	1
Jacksonville	Patriots at Jaguars	12/23/12	17.2	34	1
New York	Giants at Ravens	12/23/12	16.9	31	1
Nashville	Titans at Packers	12/23/12	16.5	30	1
San Diego	Chargers at Jets	12/23/12	16.3	38	1
Miami	Bills at Dolphins	12/23/12	15.4	37	1
Tampa	Bengals at Steelers	12/23/12	13.4	30	1