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Tebow Time! Steelers-Broncos Gives CBS Highest-Rated Wild Card Game in 24 Years (peaked rate 31.6!)
By The Numbers ^ | Monday January 9, 2012

Posted on 01/09/2012 1:16:03 PM PST by Bigtigermike

THE NFL ON CBS” COVERAGE OF DENVER’S DRAMATIC OVERTIME WIN OVER PITTSBURGH IN AFC WILD CARD GAME SCORES HIGHEST RATING IN 24 YEARS.

Game Rates 25.9/43 in Metered Markets.

THE NFL ON CBS’s broadcast of the AFC Wild Card game featuring the Tim Tebow-led Denver Broncos’ 29-23 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Jan. 8 was the highest-rated Wild Card game in 24 years earning an average overnight household rating/share of 25.9/43, up 38% from last year’s 18.8/37 for Baltimore at Kansas City.

(Excerpt) Read more at tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com ...


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1 posted on 01/09/2012 1:16:11 PM PST by Bigtigermike
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Denver is now America’s Team.


2 posted on 01/09/2012 1:18:06 PM PST by dfwgator
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TEBOW Da Man. . . . .


3 posted on 01/09/2012 1:19:02 PM PST by DeaconRed (Cold War Veteran. . . . US Army Security Agency 1964-1968)
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Be sure to post the ratings after next Saturday’s Broncos-Pats game. They will be off the charts!


4 posted on 01/09/2012 1:19:26 PM PST by PGR88
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The ratings for the first Broncos-Pats game were through the roof, so yes, I can only imagine what the ratings for this game will be.


5 posted on 01/09/2012 1:21:29 PM PST by dfwgator
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Wild card games are usually not premium games, Most are like the Baltimore-Kansas City matchup cited in the article - of interest to the local areas and die-hard NFL fans but not often a compelling game.

Since the Steelers are regular playoff visitors, one would have to assume that the Broncos and their quarterback were the main focus that led to the ratings upsurge.


6 posted on 01/09/2012 1:21:42 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
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To: Bigtigermike

I don’t know what next week will bring, I am just thankful Tim Tebow is unashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Win or lose, he is a good fellow.

He makes me want to be a better Christ follower.


7 posted on 01/09/2012 1:21:54 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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I haven’t followed football since the early 70’s. Now I’m interested again. Tebow is doing for Pro Football what Michael Jackson did to pop music with his Off the Wall album.


8 posted on 01/09/2012 1:22:08 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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I haven’t followed the NFL since about 1996.

Started hearing about Tebow this year...liked what I heard.

I sort of passively watched teh scores of this game on my comp yesterday, then I saw how this ended on teh first play of overtime!

I am totally hooked now!!!! Go Denver! Go Tebow!


9 posted on 01/09/2012 1:23:15 PM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: Bigtigermike

and the large audience was rewarded with a game that was actually worth watching as well.


10 posted on 01/09/2012 1:27:02 PM PST by rod1
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As Hannity pointed out this afternoon...John 3:16 “God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son”.

Tebow...yesterday: 316 yards passing...average gain...31.6 yards.

Coincidence?


11 posted on 01/09/2012 1:27:48 PM PST by kjo
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12 posted on 01/09/2012 1:27:48 PM PST by Dr. Thorne (Fall on your knees before Christ, your only salvation!)
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All the sports geniuses say you can't be successful throwing the football like this. Uh-huh.

13 posted on 01/09/2012 1:31:23 PM PST by Dr. Thorne (Fall on your knees before Christ, your only salvation!)
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The game peaked with a rating/share of 31.6/46 (8:00-8:15 PM, ET).

1. Peak rating/share: 31.6

2. Passing yardage: 316

3. Yards per completion: 31.6

4. John 3:16

5. Steelers' possession time 31:06

14 posted on 01/09/2012 1:32:00 PM PST by ScottinVA (Liberal logic: 0bamacare mandate is acceptable... but voter IDs are unconstitutional.)
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I don’t know what next week will bring, I am just thankful Tim Tebow is unashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Win or lose, he is a good fellow. He makes me want to be a better Christ follower.

Agree! Tebow is so refreshing. The key is following Christ, as you said. JC is the best role model.

15 posted on 01/09/2012 1:32:20 PM PST by Faith
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In a bit of serendipity as I could care less about Denver and care only negatively about the Steelers, being a Ravens fan...I chanced to pass by husband’s TV in his man cave. I saw, at that time, that the Broncos/Steelers game was tied and about to go into overtime.

“Wow,” I remarked. “It’s not often you get to see an overtime game. I’m going to turn it on out in my area.”

Which I did and husband came by and together we watched the coin toss. Just a couple moments of time, shared by husband and wife, both of us watching, not expecting to see much so soon.

Of course I need not elaborate, we all know what happened. My floor almost broke from the force of my jaw hitting it in astonishment that I would, at that exact moment, be watching a most amazing football play, my eyes glued to the set, my mind thinking....can this be....could this guy actually make it to a TD?

I’d heard of Tim Tebow, of course, but I didn’t even know that he played for the Broncos. Like I said....anything other than the Ravens I don’t know much.

Once I realized that the Broncos was Tim Tebow’s team it got really difficult to pick up my jaw.

I smiled deep into the night over the timing of it all.


16 posted on 01/09/2012 1:34:19 PM PST by Fishtalk (http://patfish.blogspot.com/)
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Heckuva game and a great finish! I don’t care what anybody says...Tebow’s da man!


17 posted on 01/09/2012 1:38:07 PM PST by pgkdan ("Make what Americans buy, Buy what Americans make, and sell it to the world" Perry 2012)
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To: cuban leaf
Tebow is doing for Pro Football what Michael Jackson did to pop music with his Off the Wall album.

Perhaps not the most fortunate analogy, but I take your point.

18 posted on 01/09/2012 1:39:41 PM PST by Maceman (Obama: As American as nasei goreng)
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31.6 viewing share... like john 3:16

his passing yardage 316 as well

is God trying to tell us something...

tebow time.

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19 posted on 01/09/2012 1:40:20 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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Maybe a better analogy would be what Brian Setzer did for Swing Music in the late 90s.


20 posted on 01/09/2012 1:40:47 PM PST by dfwgator
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