NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Up +14% vs Comparable Game Last Year
By: Caryn Robbins
Sunday Results: NBC Sports coverage of last night's Arizona Cardinals-Seattle Seahawks "Sunday Night Football" game averaged a 12.6 rating, 21 share in metered-market households from 8:30 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. ET.
The 12.6 rating for the Cardinals 39-32 win is up +14% from last year's Week 10 "SNF" game (11.1/18 for Bears-Packers). Overnight ratings for 10 of NBC's 11 "Sunday Night Football" games this season have increased versus the corresponding game in '14. The 32.2/47 in Phoenix is the second-best rating ever for a regular-season Arizona Cardinals "Sunday Night Football" game, behind only the 35.2/54 for last year's Week 16 game versus Seattle. Top local ratings for the Cardinals-Seahawks game on NBC were: Seattle, 48.4/70; Phoenix, 32.2/47; Portland, 24.4/37; Albuquerque, 17.7/27; Las Vegas, 17.6/28; San Diego, 17.5/29; Richmond, 16.6/26; New Orleans, 16.4/24; Sacramento, 15.8/25; and Norfolk 14.3/23 NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
