Patriots-Dolphins ‘Thursday Night Football’ scores high in ratings
The Patriots keep delivering strong performances, on the field and in the television ratings.
The Patriots’ 36-7 victory over the Dolphins Thursday night ranks as the team’s second highest-rated game of the season, drawing a 42.9 household rating and a 62 share for the broadcast that aired on CBS and the NFL Network, according to the team.
That is only topped by the 44.6 household rating for the Patriots’ Week 6 victory over the Colts on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. The Patriots’ 34-27 victory over the Colts drew a 64.6 share.
The rating measures the percentage of television-equipped households turned into the game. Share is the percentage of TVs in use at the time that are tuned in.
Thursday’s victory, which improved the Patriots’ record to 7-0, is the fifth-highest local household rating for a regular-season Patriots broadcast ever.
No. 1 on that list is the 2007 regular-season finale, a 38-35 victory over the Giants that secured a 16-0 record. That game, which had a 50.1 rating and a 75 share, was simulcast on channels 4, 7 and the NFL Network.
Patriots games are averaging a 38.9 household rating, the franchise’s highest-ever through the first eight weeks of a season. The 2012 Patriots owned the previous high, averaging a 35.7 HH rating through Week 8.
UPDATE: A previous version of this story said the Patriots’ Week 8 game against the Dolphins was their highest-rated game of the season to that point. After initially announcing that information, the Patriots issued a correction Monday indicating it was the second-highest rated game of the season. This post has been updated to reflect that information.
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