TV Ratings: Sunday Night Football Strong With Saints/Bucs Match-Up

Matt Webb Mitovich
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In the latest TV ratings, NBC’s Sunday Night Football match-up between the Saints and Buccaneers averaged 14.2 million total viewers and a 3.6 demo rating, marking some of SNF‘s best early numbers this season.

Opposite ye olde pigskin:

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FOX | The Simpsons drew 3.8 mil and a 1.1, followed by The Great North‘s 1.9 mil/0.6, Bob’s Burgers‘ 1.5 mil/0.5 and Family Guy‘s 1.5 mil.0.5.

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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. Warning: Contents may be hot!

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