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Cowboys deliver big ratings again: Game vs. Packers draws more viewers than World Series Game 7
Shalise Manza Young
Shutdown Corner<time class="date Fz(11px) D(ib) Mb(4px)" abp="2516" datetime="2017-01-16T16:22:09.000Z">January 16, 2017
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We learned earlier this NFL season that even as the league was seeing a decline in ratings (they did come back up after the Nov. 8 presidential election), there was one way to almost guarantee lots of viewers: <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/four-of-the-five-highest-rated-nfl-games-of-the-season-involve-one-team-210540587.html" abp="2615">make sure the Dallas Cowboys were involved.
That was proven true again on Sunday evening, as not only was the Cowboys? last-second divisional round loss to the Green Bay Packers the highest-rated game of the four NFL playoff games this weekend, it was the highest-rated divisional round game on any network in 20 years.
Even more impressive: Cowboys-Packers drew more eyes than Game 7 of the World Series in November, when the Chicago Cubs broke their 108-year championship streak. That game, with the Cubs beating the Cleveland Indians, drew a 25.2 rating.
Sunday?s AFC divisional round game, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs, which was moved to prime time (it was originally slated for a 1 p.m. ET start) because of an ice storm in the Kansas City area, drew a 21.9 rating. Via Sports TV Ratings, it is the highest rating ever for a prime time game in either the wild-card or divisional round.
Which means we?re highly unlikely to ever see another 1 p.m. Sunday divisional round game.
Cowboys deliver big ratings again: Game vs. Packers draws more viewers than World Series Game 7
Shalise Manza Young
Shutdown Corner<time class="date Fz(11px) D(ib) Mb(4px)" abp="2516" datetime="2017-01-16T16:22:09.000Z">January 16, 2017
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We learned earlier this NFL season that even as the league was seeing a decline in ratings (they did come back up after the Nov. 8 presidential election), there was one way to almost guarantee lots of viewers: <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/four-of-the-five-highest-rated-nfl-games-of-the-season-involve-one-team-210540587.html" abp="2615">make sure the Dallas Cowboys were involved.
That was proven true again on Sunday evening, as not only was the Cowboys? last-second divisional round loss to the Green Bay Packers the highest-rated game of the four NFL playoff games this weekend, it was the highest-rated divisional round game on any network in 20 years.
Even more impressive: Cowboys-Packers drew more eyes than Game 7 of the World Series in November, when the Chicago Cubs broke their 108-year championship streak. That game, with the Cubs beating the Cleveland Indians, drew a 25.2 rating.
Sunday?s AFC divisional round game, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs, which was moved to prime time (it was originally slated for a 1 p.m. ET start) because of an ice storm in the Kansas City area, drew a 21.9 rating. Via Sports TV Ratings, it is the highest rating ever for a prime time game in either the wild-card or divisional round.
Which means we?re highly unlikely to ever see another 1 p.m. Sunday divisional round game.
