SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Sees Second Straight Week of Double-Digit Growth in Ratings

In metered-market results, NBC Sports coverage of the "Sunday Night Football" game featuring the New England Patriots at the Detroit Lions, averaged a 13.6 rating, 23 share in metered-market households (not including digital) from 8:30-11 p.m. ET, MAKING IT Sunday's top primetime show.-

Patriots-Lions on NBC's "Sunday Night Football" is up +18% from last year's Week 3 telecast (11.5/20 for Raiders-Redskins).

It's the second consecutive week of double digit growth for "Sunday Night Football" versus 2017.

The 13.6/23 for Patriots-Lions is the best Week 3 overnight for NBC "SNF" since 2015 (Peyton Manning & Broncos vs. Lions)

Live streaming is not included in these NBC NFL overnights - full Total Audience Delivery (TAD) will be issued later and throughout season

The NBC "SNF" overnight for Patriots-Lions peaked at 14.3/24 in the 2nd quarter (9-9:30 p.m. ET)

Top markets for Patriots-Lions on NBC SNF: Boston 31.1/48; Providence 30.5/48; Detroit 28.0/44; New Orleans 19.2/27; Washington 17.3/31; Norfolk 17.1/27; Richmond 16.7/26; Buffalo 16.3/25; Kansas City 16.0/26; Hartford 15.8/25; Ft. Myers 15.8/26.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.