Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, September 07, 2006 September 8, 2006 7:00 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television.trackback
NBC’s first regular season presentation of ‘NFL Sunday Night Football’ bows strongly for the Peacock.
The return of the National Football League to NBC out-shined new FOX premieres to help bring NBC the win for the evening in both total households and adults 18-49. A record (for Thursday night season openers) 19.3 million viewers watched the game.
NBC, with its three hours of football coverage, delivered an 11.1/18 HH rating and a 6.7/19 A18-49 rating.
CBS finished in second place, delivering a 6.7/11 HH rating and a 3.2/9 A18-49 rating.
ABC followed in third, delivering a 4.9/8 HH rating and a 2.3/6 A18-49.
FOX finished in fourth place, delivering a 4.8/8 HH rating, though it finished ahead of ABC in A18-49, delivering a 2.7/8 in that key demo.
Bringing up the rear were soon to be ‘The CW’ netlets The WB; 1.2/2 HH rating and 0.7/2 A18-49 & UPN; 0.4/1 HH rating and 0.2/1 A18-49.
The full night’s lineup of ratings are viewable below:
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Inc.
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