Primetime Ratings: NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' Tops Tuesday

Mid-week edition up 31% from last year's week 16 game

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/29/2010 12:24:10 PM

NBC's Tuesday edition of Sunday Night Football easily topped the ratings last night with a 7.3 rating/20 share in the adults 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen overnight numbers. The overall 15.2/24 overnight metered-market rating was up 31% over last year's Week 16 game and tied last week's Packers-Patriots matchup.

CBS was a very distant second with a 1.6/5. A repeat of NCIS earned a 2.0 with the key demo while its airing of the 33^rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors registered a 1.5.

Fox placed third with a 1.3/4 for Glee repeats, the ABC special Rudolph's Shiny New Year earned a 1.2 and repeats on The CW gave the net a 0.3/1 for the night.