NFL Ratings, Week 12: Cowboys-Giants lowest since ’07

Regional Window (Fox)

1. Milwaukee (GB vs. MIN) – 44.2/72
2. Seattle (ARZ vs. SEA) – 40.5/70
3. Minneapolis-St. Paul (GB vs. MIN) – 35.7/70
4. Boston (DET vs. NE) – 35.2/71
5. Providence (DET vs. NE) – 34.2/59
6. San Diego (STL vs. SD) – 28.9/58
7. Chicago (TB vs. CHI) – 28.9/55
8. Phoenix (ARZ vs. SEA) – 28.2/49
9. Detroit (DET vs. NE) – 25.1/49
10. St. Louis (STL vs. SD) – 20.0/31
11. Tampa Bay (TB vs. CHI) – 18.5/36

Fox drew a 12.9 overnight for their regional window, which included both the New England Patriots and a tight NFC West battle between the Seahawks and Cardinals. That was up 12 percent from last year’s regional window, which was on CBS.

Locally, Chicago drew its highest ratings since Week 6, while the Twin Cities hit their highest mark since Week 4.

1 p.m. ET Window (CBS)

Blackouts: Boston, Minneapolis, Chicago

1. Cleveland (CLE vs. ATL) – 34.9/62
2. Indianapolis (JAX vs. IND) – 33.6/59
3. Cincinnati (CIN vs. HOU) – 33.6/56
4. Philadelphia (TEN vs. PHI) – 30.1/56
5. Houston (CIN vs. HOU) – 25.6/53
6. Dayton (CIN vs. HOU) – 24.6/45
7. Atlanta (CLE vs. ATL) – 22.6/39
8. Nashville (TEN vs. PHI) – 20.7/36
9. Jacksonville (JAX vs. IND) – 20.3/36
10. Columbus (CLE vs. ATL) – 20.2/41

Reminder that this window had the rescheduled Bills-Jets game in it. Even so, the 1 p.m. ET slot drew a 10.3 rating for CBS, up five percent from Fox’s performance in this window in 2014.

Locally, Cincinnati drew their highest ratings since Week 5, Atlanta its highest since Week 4.

4:25 p.m. ET Window (CBS)

Blackouts: Seattle, San Diego

1. Denver (MIA vs. DEN) – 43.1/79
2. Washington (WSH vs. SF) – 26.2/45
3. Sacramento (WSH vs. SF) – 25.1/47
4. Indianapolis (MIA vs. DEN) – 24.3/40
5. Bay Area (WSH vs. SF) – 24.1/55
6. West Palm Beach (MIA vs. DEN) – 23.5/39
7. Norfolk (WSH vs. SF) – 23.3/34
8. Miami (MIA vs. DEN) – 21.9/39
9. New Orleans (MIA vs. DEN) – 21.9/34
10. Dayton (MIA vs. DEN) – 21.5/33

A low-key loaded (AKA two games that on paper don’t seem overwhelming but realistically probably had a lot of potential viewers) “Game of the Week” window drew a 17.4 rating for CBS, huge but slightly down from Giants-Cowboys in this window last year (18.9, -7.9%).

Locally, Miami hit a season high.

Sunday Night Football (NBC)

1. Dallas – 34.4/50
2. San Antonio – 23.7/37
3. Austin – 20.9/38
4. Albuquerque – 20.1/28
5. Richmond – 19.4/29
6. Philadelphia – 18.3/28
7. New Orleans – 17.7/26
8. Seattle – 17.2/29
9. Tulsa – 17.2/27
10. Memphis – 17.0/24
18. New York – 14.6/23

Cowboys-Giants drew a 14.0 overnight, highest for NBC in weeks but still the lowest-rated Dallas-New York matchup since 2007, and down 17 percent from Broncos-Pats in this window last year.