Overnight Nielsen TV Ratings for Saturday December 29, 2007 (12/29)New England Patriots vs. New York Giants

Overnight Results 12/29: 25+ Million Watch Game

Posted on 30 December 2007 by Robert Seidman

Scoreboard for Saturday Dec 29,2007 CBS NBC FOX ABC
Total Viewers (million) 13.70 11.67 5.44 4.31
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 4.5/13 4.0/12 1.8/5 1.3/4

The New England Patriots’ successful closure of the perfect 16-0 season was watched by more than 25 million people between 8pm and 11pm and that’s just via the broadcast simulcast on NBC and CBS — we haven’t seen how many watched on the NFL Network yet.  The game combined for 25.37 million viewers and an 8.5/25 (rating/share) in the 18-49 demographic.  More people watched the game on CBS than NBC, though it was fairly even.

Update 12/31: The game drew an additional 9.2 million via the NFL Network bringing the total to 34.5 million viewers for the game.

Time Network Show Viewers (Millons) 18-49 Rating/Share
8:00 CBS NFL: Patriots vs Giants 8p-11p 13.70 4.5/13
  NBC NFL: Patriots vs Giants 8p-11p 11.67 4.0/12
  FOX Cops 5.28 1.7/6
  ABC Samantha Who? (8p-10p, 4 Repeat episodes) 4.07 1.3/4
         
9:00 FOX America's Most Wanted 5.59 2.0/6
         
10:00 ABC Women's Murder Club (Repeat) 4.79 1.2/3

Nielsen Ratings Source: Nielsen Media Research. Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.

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4 Comments For This Post

  1. WHOLETRUTHY says:

    that would be perfect regular season…let’s not get ahead of ourselves

  2. WHOLETRUTHY says:

    that would be perfect regular season…let's not get ahead of ourselves

  3. Robert Seidman says:

    I qualified it with the “16-0″, but if the Pats don’t wind up 19-0, Tom Brady and Randy Moss owe us beers ;)

  4. Robert Seidman says:

    I qualified it with the “16-0″, but if the Pats don't wind up 19-0, Tom Brady and Randy Moss owe us beers ;)

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