NFC title game draws highest overnight since '96.

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The last time the NFL did this well, it was an Olympic year and a Clinton was in the presidential race. Throughout the season, NFL games have drawn the highest numbers since 1996. On four occasions, NFL regular season games drew the best ratings since at least '96, while last week's Divisional Round match-ups had the highest average viewership since the same year. The NFC Championship Game can [link]

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Giants-Packers Gets Huge Rating for Fox, Chargers-Patriots Gets Decent Rating for CBS
Published 1/22/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... Fox got an absolutely phenomenal rating from the Giants-Packers overtime NFC Championship Game, a 31.7/46 overnight, the highest rating for any television program since last year's Super Bowl. It's yet another sign that when it comes to American TV, the NFL is king, and nothing else in sports or entertainment can match it. ...

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