C.J. Anderson scored a 48-yard touchdown in overtime against the Patriots. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)
The on Sunday drew 25.2 million viewers to give NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” its fifth game of more than 25 million viewers this season.
Viewership for the game peaked at 27.3 million around 9:45 p.m.-10 p.m., when running back C.J. Anderson scored his game-winning 48-yard touchdown in overtime.
The game received a 14.6/24 national rating/share, meaning 14.6 percent of all households with televisions tuned in to the game and 24 percent of all households with televisions in use watched. The rating was an 11 percent increase over last season’s Week 12 SNF game between the Cowboys and Giants (13.1/22). The 8.5 rating among adults aged 18-49 marked a 5 percent increase.
The 25.2 million viewers for Sunday’s game was 13 percent jump in viewership from last season (22.4 million) and made Broncos-Patriots the most-watched Thanksgiving Sunday prime-time game in SNF history, dating back to 2006.
The top metered markets for the game:
1. Denver: 48.6/70
2. Boston: 44.0/65
3. Providence, R.I.: 32.3/48
4. Albuquerque, N.M.: 26.1/39
5. Las Vegas: 23.1/36
6. Phoenix: 21.4/32
7. Hartford, Conn.: 19.4/30
8. San Diego, Calif.: 18.9/31
9. Charlotte, N.C.: 18.4/30
T10. Kansas City, Mo.: 18.0/28
T10. Norfolk, Va.: 18.0/28
