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Card weekend
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on January 10, 2011, 5:58 PM EST
At this point, it’s a surprise when the NFL doesn’t report record-breaking television ratings each weekend. Still, the numbers from a terrific Wild Card weekend are eye-opening.
The Jets-Colts game on Saturday night earned the highest ever rating for a primetime Wild Card Saturday game. The Seahawks-Saints matchup had the best numbers of the first Wild Card game since 1991, and the combined ratings were the best on Saturday since 1994.
FOX cleaned up on Sunday with 39.3 million viewers, making the most watched program since the 2010 Oscars. It was the most watched Wild Card game of all time.
Even CBS’ relatively drab and one-sided Ravens-Chiefs game did well. It drew nearly 28.5 million viewers, the best for a Wild Card game on CBS since 2006.
In short, the players and the owners better not screw this up. We really don’t care who is right and who is wrong. Getting a deal done is right and anything else is wrong.
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