I think both teams can be proud of this.
Monday, January 12, 2004
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- The overnight rating for Philadelphia's comeback 20-17 overtime win against Green Bay on Sunday night was the highest for a divisional playoff game since 1997.
Fox's broadcast of the game had a 25.3 overnight rating with a 41 share, the most since Carolina's 26-17 win over Dallas in 1997 had a 28.6 rating. It was also an increase of 7 percent over the rating for the same window in 2003 -- Oakland's 30-10 win over the New York Jets.
Overall, the four second-round playoff games on Saturday and Sunday had an 80.7 overnight rating, down slightly from 81.8 in 2003. It was up from 78.6 in 2002 and 68.7 in 2001.
CBS' broadcast of Indianapolis' 38-31 win over Kansas City on Sunday had a 20.6 rating, nearly identical to the 20.7 rating for the same window last year -- Tampa Bay's 31-6 blowout of San Francisco.
Fox's broadcast of Carolina's 29-23 overtime win over St. Louis on Saturday had an 18.5 rating, down 9 percent from the equivalent window from last year. Tennessee's 34-31 overtime victory against Pittsburgh in 2003 had a 20.3 overnight rating, the highest for a Saturday second-round AFC playoff game since 1994.
CBS' broadcast of New England's 17-14 win over Tennessee on Saturday night had a 17.3 rating with a 27 share, nearly identical to the 17.2 rating that Philadelphia's 20-6 win over Atlanta received for the equivalent time slot in 2002.
The rating is the percentage of all homes with TVs, whether or not they are in use. Overnight ratings measure the 55 largest TV markets in the United States, covering nearly 70 percent of the country. Each overnight rating point represents about 735,000 TV homes.
The share is the percentage of homes with sets in use. |
