From the NFL's Communications page: Here is the top 10 television programs of the television season or more accurately, since Labor Day, September 3rd of this year.
| Program | Viewers |
| 1. NBC Sunday Night Football (Steelers-Broncos), 9/9 | 27.6 million |
| 2. FOX Sunday National (mostly 49ers-Packers), 9/9 | 26.4 million |
| 3. CBS Sunday National (mostly Broncos-Patriots), 10/7 | 24.5 million |
| 4. CBS Sunday National (mostly Texans-Broncos), 9/23 | 24.0 million |
| 5. NBC Wed. Night Kickoff Game (Cowboys-Giants), 9/5 | 23.9 million |
| 6. NBC Sunday Night Football (Giants-Eagles), 9/30 | 22.8 million |
| 7. FOX Sunday National (mostly Saints-Packers), 9/30 | 22.3 million |
| 8. FOX Sunday National (mostly Giants-49ers), 10/24 | 22.3 million |
| 9. NBC Sunday Night Football (Lions-49ers), 9/16 | 21.3 million |
| 10. NBC Sunday Night Football (Patriots-Ravens), 9/23 | 21.3 million |
Let me repeat for emphasis: These are the top 10 TELEVISION PROGRAMS. Not just sports. Not on the list: NCIS, CSI, Nashville, 60 Minutes, the Good Wife, Revolution (just pay the damn light bill and roll credits) Reality TV fluff, fantasy mess or 6 hours of the Big Bang Theory. Its just ALL football.
Week 6 of the NFL saw 24 major US markets have an NFL contest as the #1 watched event. Only three markets nationally had a MLB Playoff Game on TBS at #1. Only one had SEC College Football game between South Carolina-LSU on CBS.
This is why television networks pay the NFL $3 Billion annually.
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