In metered-market results, NBC Sports coverage of the NFL Kickoff game featuring the Carolina Panthers at the Denver Broncos, averaged a 16.5 rating, 29 share in metered-market households from 8:45 p.m.-midnight ET. NBC ranked #1 for the night in metered-market households and adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters.
The 16.5 is television's top metered-market household rating since the second Tuesday of the Rio Olympics. NBC's NFL Kickoff Game tops a 16.0 rating in metered-market households for a seventh consecutive year (Not Including Digital Data). The 29 TV share ties for second-best NFL Kickoff Game share ever (behind 17.7/30 for Steelers-Patriots last year). 14 TV shows have posted 16+ ratings in metered-market households since SUPER BOWL 50 -- 11 on NBC (2016 NFL Kickoff Game + 10 nights of Rio 2016) Top markets for Panthers-Broncos on NBC: Denver 46.9/74; Charlotte 33.2/52; Greensboro 27.1/42; New Orleans 24.1/35; Raleigh 22.7/37; Albuquerque 21.5/36; Greenville 21.2/34; Indy 21.0/36; Norfolk 20.7/34; Richmond 20.3/33 Following the NFL kick-off game in prime, Tonight Show aired at 12:41 a.m. ET, followed by "Late Night" at 1:43 a.m. "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," (2.7 rating in households from 12:45-1:45 a.m. ET, 1.2 in 18-49 in the local people meters): Matches the show's second-best 18-49 rating in more than six months in the local people meters (since Jan. 22, 1.3 in 18-49 on the night of Winter Storm Jonas on the East Coast, trailing over that span only the 1.4 the night of the Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony on Aug. 5).Videos