For the fourth consecutive week “Sunday Night Football” was the No. 1 broadcast on Sunday night, according to overnight data released today by the Nielsen Company.
Locally, it is no surprise that it was the top-rated show in Baltimore with a 38.8 rating and a solid 56 share of the audience in Charm City. Meanwhile, in Washington the game posted a strong number a 15.9 rating with a 26 share.
Last night’s game on NBC, in which the Ravens dominated the Jets in a 34-17 blowout victory, registered a 12.7 overnight rating and a 20 share, 11 percent lower than last year’s Week 4 game (Bears-Giants, 14.2/22), but up seven percent from the 2009 Week 4 game (Chargers-Steelers, 11.9/19). Jets-Ravens marked the second-highest Week 4 overnight rating in the six-year history of “Sunday Night Football.”
TOP 10 METERED MARKETS FOR RAVENS-JETS:
1. Baltimore, 38.8/56
2. New Orleans, 18.8/26
3. Las Vegas, 18.3/29
4. Richmond, 18.2/28
5. San Diego, 16.9/29
T6. Washington D.C., 15.9/26
T6. Indianapolis, 15.9/25
T6. Albuquerque, 15.9/23
9. Dayton, 15.8/23
10. Nashville, 15.7/23
