| Giants-49ers NFC Title Game Draws Huge Audience | Posted By: Sweets
01-23-2012
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The New York Giants’ overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers was the third-most watched conference championship game in 30 years. New York’s 20-17 win for the NFC title Sunday on Fox had a 30.6 fast national rating and 44 share, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. The rating was up 9 percent from the 28.1/50 for Green Bay’s 21-14 win over Chicago in the early conference championship last year on Fox and an increase of 8 percent from the 28.3/43 for Pittsburgh’s 24-19 victory over the New York Jets in the last game on CBS. The game drew 57.6 million viewers, according to Fox, trailing only San Francisco’s win over Dallas on Jan. 10, 1982, which featured Dwight Clark’s famous leaping touchdown catch (68.7 million), and New Orleans’ overtime victory over Minnesota on Jan. 24, 2010 (57.9 million).Viewers peaked from 10-10:30 p.m. EST with a 36.9/52 and 69 million viewers.
Source: Associated Press
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