NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Sees 3 Straight Weeks of Ratings Growth

NBC Sports coverage of the "Sunday Night Football" game featuring the Baltimore Ravens at the Pittsburgh Steelers, averaged a 12.3 rating, 21 share in metered-market households (not including digital) from 8:30-11:15 p.m. ET, MAKING IT Sunday's top primetime show.

It's the third consecutive week of double-digit growth for "Sunday Night Football" versus 2017, with an increase of +12% versus the year-ago Week 4 Colts-Seahawks matchup (11.0/19).

Last night's 12.3/21 was the best for a Ravens-Steelers rivalry matchup on "Sunday Night Football" since a 2011 Week 9 meeting (a span covering five "SNF" games) and is up +6% from last year's Baltimore-Pittsburgh "SNF" game in Week 14 of the NFL season.

The 12.3 is also the best Week 4 overnight for NBC "SNF" since 2015 (a Saints overtime victory vs. the Cowboys, featuring Drew Brees' 400th career touchdown pass).

Live streaming is not included in these NBC NFL overnights - full Total Audience Delivery (TAD) will be issued later and throughout season

The NBC "SNF" overnight for Ravens-Steelers peaked at 13.3/22 during the second quarter (9:15-9:30 p.m. ET)

Top markets for Ravens-Steelers on NBC SNF: Pittsburgh 42.7/60; Baltimore 32.3/49; Washington D.C. 19.1/34; New Orleans 19.0/26; Norfolk 18.1/29; Richmond 16.1/25; Denver 16.0/28; Cincinnati 15.9/25; Columbus 15.4/26; NASHVILLE 14.9/23.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.

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