Sunday's Eagles vs. Bears NFC Wildcard game in Chicago received a 22.9 overnight rating, the best for any NBC NFL Wildcard game in 25 years.
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NBC: Eagles-Bears 22.9 overnight rating "is best for any NBC NFL Playoff since...2006 & best Wild Card game for NBC in 25 years (23.3/41 for John Elway & Broncos at L.A. Raiders, 1/9/94)."
— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) January 7, 2019It was the highest rated NBC NFL playoff game since 2006.
The @Eagles vs. @ChicagoBears NFC Wild Card Game Registers Historic Overnight Rating for NBC pic.twitter.com/9Tluq1yDDX
— NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) January 7, 2019The top market? You guessed it.
The @Eagles 44.6/66 local rating on NBC in Philadelphia for yesterday's NFC Wild Card tops the team's 37.8 in Philly for last year's Sat. NFC Divisional Playoff win (also on NBC)Top 10 markets for NBC's Eagles-Bears here: pic.twitter.com/Z7qU9Pz61A
— NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) January 7, 2019This was the perfect recipe for NBC: Two major markets in the playoffs, a close game that comes down to the final play, and the perfect time—Sunday evening right before the Golden Globes.
The Eagles, of course, won the game 16-15 thanks to a tipped, and then double-doinked, Cody Parkey game-winning field goal attempt. Now, Philly head to New Orleans to face the Saints, in another Sunday evening game between two top NFL markets.
