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Packers/Eagles Powers FOX to Network's Highest-Rated & Most-Watched Week 1 National Game Ever
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 – A three-game slate,
highlighted by a highly anticipated Packers/Eagles showdown in
Philadelphia, drove Sunday's NFL on FOX Week 1 national game (9/12)
household rating to a tremendous 16.5/32 average household rating/share
(28 million viewers) according to national figures released by Nielsen
Media Research today.
NFL ON FOX WEEK 1 NATIONAL GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
• Sunday’s national game on FOX ranks as the highest-rated and
most-watched Week 1 national game in the history of the network.
• This year’s rating (16.5) and audience (28 million viewers) are both
up +11% over last year’s 14.8/29, 25.1 million viewers.
• The FOX national game tied with NBC's Thursday NFL season-opener as
the highest-rated broadcast on any network since the Academy Awards on
ABC in March.
• FOX’s national game on Sunday beat Sunday night's Cowboys/Redskins
prime-time game on NBC by +10% in rating and audience. (15.0/25 - 25.3
million viewers)
“The OT”, FOX’s NFL post-game show, opened the 2010 season Sunday night
averaging an 8.0/14 (13.3 million viewers), up +14% over last year's
6.8/12 (11.3 million viewers). Sunday’s edition of "THE OT” ranks as the
highest-rated and most-watched Week 1 broadcast of the network’s
postgame show ever. “THE OT” out-rated NBC's "Football Night in America"
(3.0/5 - 4.9 million viewers) by +167% head-to-head
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Contact:
Ileana Peña: 212/556-2588,
ileana.pena@fox.com