So, what do you think it is?
Was it the debut episode of this season's American Idol? Was it the season opener of 24? Or maybe the half-season-ender of Lost a few months ago? The season opener of Grey's Anatomy?
Nope. The highest-rated TV show of the season so far was the third episode of Ghost Whisperer! OK, I'm kidding. The actual highest-rated show after the jump.
It's the New England Patriots/Indianapolis Colts AFC championship game from this past Sunday!
The game got a 28.1 Nielsen rating and captured a 40 share. That translates to "a lot of people watched it." It probably helped that it was a night game, starting around 7pm on the east coast.
The game wasn't that high-rated in my household though. I think my roommate slammed a couple of things and screamed several times. The Pats really blew it. But congrats to the Colts, they deserve it. I just hope Peyton Manning isn't too busy filming commercials for various products and finds time to play in the Super Bowl.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-23-2007 @ 12:37PM
Joey Geraci said...
Wow, silly me, I thought by TV shows you meant actual TV shows.
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1-23-2007 @ 12:30PM
Dana Graves said...
What a sneaky post...! I am not interested in football & would not have followed your "after the jump" tease but for your clever, but now very annoying lead-up.
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1-23-2007 @ 12:52PM
Matt said...
No surprise... I was thinking before I "jumped" that it's always a football game.
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1-23-2007 @ 12:44PM
mike said...
What a sneaky post...! I am not interested in amateur hour shows like American Idol & would not have followed your "after the jump" tease but for your clever, but now very annoying lead-up.
Wow, silly me, I thought by TV shows you meant things actually on TV.
Let it go, people.
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1-23-2007 @ 1:05PM
Jim said...
Well duh! Aren't 8 of the Top 10 most watched programs in history Super Bowls?
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1-23-2007 @ 1:32PM
David said...
Everyone saw how the Pats completely fell apart and how I showed people the game isn't over until it's over.
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1-23-2007 @ 4:13PM
dd said...
@Jim
>Well duh! Aren't 8 of the Top 10 most
>watched programs in history Super Bowls?
No, 10 out of 10 of them are World Cup soccer games :-P
Viewed by 2 billion+ people, there's no comparison.
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1-23-2007 @ 2:29PM
PeteL said...
It was the AFC Championship game there Jim. Not the SuperBowl at all.
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1-23-2007 @ 3:15PM
Armando said...
In history? You mean US history because god knows outside the US other events get FAR better ratings.
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1-23-2007 @ 3:35PM
Veronica DeBellegard said...
Bullcrap.
Now I understand why people hate Bob Sassone!
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1-23-2007 @ 8:07PM
Different Jim said...
PeteL, everyone knows the conference championship games are always better than the Super Bowl.
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