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The NFL TV Ratings Are Out. They Are Huge

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Jena Greene Reporter
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Ratings for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” are rolling in, and it’s probably safe to say that Week Three was a rousing success.

The New England Patriots traveled to Ford Field for what was expected to be a blowout against the Detroit Lions, but former Pats assistant coach and current Lions head coach Matt Patricia had something else in mind. The Lions ended up eking out a 26-10 win over New England — but Detroit wasn’t the only winner last night. (RELATED: The NFL Ratings Are In For ‘Sunday Night Football.’ All We Can Say Is Wow)

 

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“Sunday Night Football” raked in a massive 13.6 rating/23 share in the meter market households — not including live streams. This is just slightly down compared to last week’s “Sunday Night Football,” which brought in a 13.8/24 share in early ratings.

 

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Since the start of this NFL season, the past three weeks’ ratings have been 14.4, 13.8, 13.6, in that order.

Yahoo! Sports points out that this season’s Week Three is up 18 percent compared to last season at this time.

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