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[12/26/16 - 06:51 AM]
Broncos-Chiefs Football Dominates with 2nd-Best-Ever "SNF" Chiefs Ratings in the Kansas City Market
NBC spins the numbers for Sunday, December 25.
[via press release from NBC]

NBC Sports coverage of the "Sunday Night Football" game featuring the Denver Broncos at the Kansas City Chiefs averaged an 11.2 rating, 23 share from 8:30-11:30 p.m. ET in household results from the 56 markets metered by Nielsen Media Research (not including digital data). The Chiefs' 33-10 win over Broncos easily won the night in both metered-market households and adults 18-49 in the local people meters

Local-market ratings for the Chiefs' 23-point win peaked at 11.7/23 from 9-9:30 p.m. ET.

In the Kansas City market, the Broncos-Chiefs game posts a 42.8/69, the second-best ever for the Chiefs on "Sunday Night Football" (behind only the 51.5/72 versus the Broncos on Nov. 17, 2013).

Top markets for Broncos-Chiefs on NBC: Kansas City 42.8/69; Denver 32.0/63; Albuquerque 20.4/35; Richmond 16.0/29; Las Vegas 15.8/29; West Palm 15.3/28; New Orleans 15.1/25; Norfolk 14.4/28; Greensboro 14.4/25; and San Antonio 13.8/25.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.

Sunday Primetime Ratings:

Regarding this morning's Nielsens, note that the fast-affiliate ratings that came in at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT are not time zone-adjusted and are subject to change for live sports coverage.

In these preliminary results, NBC dominates the night among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49, total viewers and every other key category in the fast-affiliate ratings.

In time zone-adjusted household results, NBC Sports coverage of the "Sunday Night Football" game featuring the Denver Broncos at the Kansas City Chiefs averaged an 11.2 rating, 23 share from 8:30-11:30 p.m. ET in household results from the 56 markets metered by Nielsen Media Research (not including digital data). The Chiefs' 33-10 win over Broncos easily won the night in both metered-market households and adults 18-49 in the local people meters

Local-market ratings for the Chiefs' 23-point win peaked at 11.7/23 from 9-9:30 p.m. ET.

In the Kansas City market, the Broncos-Chiefs game posts a 42.8/69, the second-best ever for the Chiefs on "Sunday Night Football" (behind only the 51.5/72 versus the Broncos on Nov. 17, 2013).

Top markets for Broncos-Chiefs on NBC: Kansas City 42.8/69; Denver 32.0/63; Albuquerque 20.4/35; Richmond 16.0/29; Las Vegas 15.8/29; West Palm 15.3/28; New Orleans 15.1/25; Norfolk 14.4/28; Greensboro 14.4/25; and San Antonio 13.8/25.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.





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