Bengals and Steelers: Third most watched television program last week

by Kirkendall on Oct 1, 2009 12:05 PM EDT in Media Comment 2 comments

Not only was Paul Brown Stadium rocking during the Bengals 23-20 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, but the game was the third most watched television program for the entire week, drawing in 18.2 million viewers. Two different versions of NCIS, whatever that is, won the top spots. In the Cincinnati market, the game had a household rating of 35.8 and a share of 57. Pittsburgh's market was dominated by the Steelers game, with 48.2 rating and a share of 72.

In 26 of 30 NFL markets, NFL games dominated last week, proving that the NFL is the most popular sport and television program going today.

Week of 9/21 -9/27			HH	HH	RTG
Market	Game	Date	RTG	SHR	Rank
Pittsburgh	Steelers at Bengals	9/27/09	48.2	72	1
New Orleans	Saints at Bills	9/27/09	41.7	59	1
Indianapolis	Colts at Cardinals	9/27/09	39.4	53	1
Cincinnati	Steelers at Bengals	9/27/09	35.8	57	1
Milwaukee	Packers at Rams	9/27/09	32.4	62	1
Minneapolis	49ers at Vikings	9/27/09	31.1	63	1
Buffalo	Saints at Bills	9/27/09	30.4	52	1
Denver	Broncos at Raiders	9/27/09	29.8	58	1
San Diego	Dolphins at Chargers	9/27/09	29.8	57	1
Baltimore	Browns at Ravens	9/27/09	28.7	55	1
Jacksonville	Jaguars at Texans	9/27/09	28.6	47	1
Chicago	Bears at Seahawks	9/27/09	27.7	52	1
Boston	Falcons at Patriots	9/27/09	26.8	55	1
Nashville	Titans at Jets	9/27/09	26.0	47	1
Philadelphia	Chiefs at Eagles	9/27/09	25.4	47	1
Kansas City	Chiefs at Eagles	9/27/09	24.5	52	1
Phoenix	Colts at Cardinals	9/27/09	23.8	39	1
Washington, DC	Redskins at Lions	9/27/09	22.1	48	1
Miami*	Colts at Dolphins	9/21/09	21.8	33	1
Seattle	Bears at Seahawks	9/27/09	21.7	48	1
Tampa	Giants at Buccaneers	9/27/09	21.4	40	1
Cleveland	Browns at Ravens	9/27/09	21.3	46	1
Atlanta	Falcons at Patriots	9/27/09	19.8	39	1
Houston	Jaguars at Texans	9/27/09	16.6	34	1
San Fran-Oakland	49ers at Vikings	9/27/09	15.8	43	1
Dallas	Colts at Cardinals	9/27/09	13.1	21	1