The Broncos Wild Card win over Pittsburgh on Sunday drew the largest television crowd of any opening-round NFL playoff game since 1988 (26.7; Seattle-Houston; 1/3/88. The broadcast posted a 25.9 overnight Nielsen rating and a 43 share nationally according to CBS and Nielsen Research.
Those numbers equate to nearly 42 million viewers watching the Broncos earn the 29-23 overtime victory.
The rating reflects the percentage of all televisions in a market that are tuned into a particular program, while the share is the percentage of televisions in use that are turned in to the program.
The game peaked with a national rating/share of 31.6/46 between 6:00-6:15 PM MST. Demaryius Thomas caught the 80-yard game-winning catch in overtime at 6:07 p.m MST.
In Denver, those numbers were considerably higher. The local overnight rating for Sunday’s victory came in at 49.0 and the share was 78.
People took to social media to talk about the exciting finish in record numbers as well. Twitter reported that it set a new sports tweets per second record with 9,420 tweets per second about the game.
-Stuart Zaas
Tags: AFC Wild Card, pittsburgh, TV Ratings
I bet those TV numbers will look pale in comparaison to Saturday night.
Unless it’s an early blowout, LOL.
Raiders coach fired!
I love how some bloggers always feel the need to put a damper on optimistic Bronco fans…. guess they don’t like kool-aid
All I can say is 3 of those tv’s were at my house with the game on. I can’t account for any tweets. I don’t tweet!
Gabe, who’s putting on a damper
Bay – you think we’re gonna blow them out??
Orange lol
For the non tweeters(I’m a non tweeter)
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/10/pittsburghs-mayor-tebows-in-defeat/
I was just trying to help some overboard optimistic fans out…. I like hearing positive outlook … better than fans always downing the team they claim they are a fan of… just one man’s opinion.
Let’s see if I’m allowed to link a youtube video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK5vuSX0BgQ&feature=player_embedded
This is a stands point of view (and way up in the stands too) of the winning TD. There’s some serious camera shaking going on so don’t watch if you get motion sickness
But it’s fun to watch the emotion of the fans who were there.
haha!!! I think we could blow them out like last time…. not likely but possible… we just need to keep them out by handling the ball.
It could go either way, that was just an hypothetical related to TV ratings, some folks are always so ridiculously serious about their Broncos it boggles the mind, it’s not life and death, it’s for FUN! LOL.
I have been watching the blogs all year and it seems like the crazy tebow supporter predictions of us making playoffs …. wasnt so crazy after all… That’s fun stuff.
Then you have a thousand reasons to lighten up!
Don’t let all scrooges like me get you down.
I think it would awesome if we beat NE and Baltimore beat Houston so Suggs could put his money where his mouth is.
Haha! i would love that brain…. only better thing would be if we made it to the next round and beat baltimore. And maybe a run by Tebow run where he stiff arms suggs… i know thats a stretch but that’d be freakin sweet!
brian**
I had all kinds of messed up grammar on that post… i was a bit excited caught up in my dream….
Cool vid applejack.Nice to see it fans view.I’m gonna be in NE and should have some killer vids and pics.
brian like to be called brain…………he thinks he’s so smart! haha
Haha .. sweet i like to compliment fellow bronco fans.
Hope I can compose myself well enough to keep from gettin’ stabbed or shot should the Broncos pull it off.
gabeharter: Brian..Brain..no worries! My wife’s grandmother and my own grandmother both misspell my name quite frequently.
great vid applejack that was amazing to get that perspective
Yeah, loved the vid applejack, you can tell each time you took a sip of your beer, LOL.
great video applejack…………glad to see that freaking out was more important than keeping the camera on field! LMAO!!
WOW I loved the pic of the Pittsburgh mayor tebowing in the same Tebow jersey I have. LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXTsCIxhKig&feature=related
Wish Rahim Moore show this much talent in the games. lmao
Excellent video applejack. WOW…from the nosebleed section too.
Anyone else to watch it, don’t do it while high or inibriated with mind altering substance or liquid.
Wish they’d the QB stats for the game figured out.So far I seen Tebow completed 10/21,11/21 and now just saw 11/22.Guess the only thing that REALLY matters is the W but why so many different counts?
Out there doing flips … try making a tackle lol … what if he broke his ankle lol. Just messing with him. I just hope these guys forget about this game real quick and remember the game from like 3 weeks ago when they got owned lol. Even Keel.
TRB
Even keel ans……..EAT GREEDY!!!!
cant forget eat greedy.
Not my vid. But hopefully, I’ll get to watch a game in person one day.
Rahim Moore will be fine
If Rahim can translate his cheerleading/gymnastics skills into skills as a SAFETY he could be GREAT!
If every draft pick was thrown out of the league after just one year to prove themselves, there would be barely anyone in the league.. LOL!
A “bust” would be a guy like Vernon Golhston.. The #6 overall draft pick by the NY Jets in 2009, and Gholston was released by New York on March 2, 2011 after three seasons with the team — a time in which he recorded no sacks.
Robert Ayers was the #18 overall pick in that same draft in 2009, and while he may not have lived up to expectations, he is not in the “bust” catagory either IMO… Same with Moreno, as both guys have produced.. A true “bust” is a guy who never really produced anything….
hugh jackson will not be having a stronger hand in the raiders team next season as he previously stated. lol
moreno had just shy of 1000 yards rushing and almost 300 yards rec in his rookie year i think the injury bug has hit him to many times. i think its fair to give not only him but other young guys on our team more time to prove themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIpqPtd_qUo&feature=related
It was only three player on the Team that knew it was a TD when DT caught it. DT, Tebow, and last but not least Champ. At 2:00 at the bottom center of the vid. You see #24 showing a 46′ vertical as soon as DT caught it. He I think forreal ran on the field while the play was still going. lmao
I was just crackin’ a joke and hope he does improve.I’m not thinkin’ he’s is a bust but sure would like to see him be more of what he talked himself up to being at the beginning of the year.I.E.ballhawking and gettin’ some tackling together.
Denver United Airlines rubbing a little bit of salt into wounded Steeler fans.
http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnflexperts/United-Flight-Board-at-the-Denver-Airport.jpg
THAT is one HILARIOUS pic.
thats funny champ ran onto the field while the play wasnt over. somebody was excited lol
Do you think the “Steel Nation” will ever live this down…getting beat by a team that was 8 point underdogs to them. Not to mention the pick of just about every analysts on t.v. and radio. I wonder how all that crow tasted Monday?
I’m disappointed. No “Elway Live” this afternoon. What gives?
i dont know if there is enough crow to go around merril and stephen a horded it all