
CBS scored a ratings bonanza with the AFC wildcard game featuring the Tim Tebow-led Denver Broncos against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tebow’s overtime heroics that stunned the Steelers and gave Broncos a 29-23 victory scored a 25.9/43 overnight household rating, up 38% from last year’s 18.8/37 for Baltimore-Kansas City. The Pittsburgh-Denver game, which peaked at a 31.6/46, was the highest-rated wildcard game in the metered markets on any network since 1988 (26.7; Seattle-Houston on NBC; 1/3/88).
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The NFL is a goddamn beast! The game scored 42 million viewers in the overrun that’s SICK!
And that’s IN THE DEMO.
Holy crap. Factor in 50plus year olds and there was probably 60mil ppl watching.
That’s nearing super bowl numbers.
Let’s give some credit to Dumervil, Bailey and the rest of the Bronco’s defense. And…
The O-Line! Tebow needs a minimum of 5 minutes to complete a pass.
Game line: Tebow, 10-21, 316 yard, 2 Td’s. The overconfident Steelers D got tebowed.
Tebowmania runnin’ wild! Here’s to the Denver Tebows winning the Super Bowl…
Tebow didn’t win that game, Big Ben lost that game.
So Tebow’s favorite bible verse is John 3:16. Yesterday he passed for 316 yards & averaged 31.6 yards a pass, on top of the fact that the 4th quarter rating was ….31.6 million. Pretty cool.
Snore. It’s football, not Church.
I agree RJ
At first I was critical, then I was skeptical. But after that game, I believe in Tebow!