National Football League

Cowboys-Jets earns big television rating

Published Sep. 12, 2011 6:22 p.m. ET

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The Jets' comeback win over the Cowboys has earned the best preliminary television rating for a Week 1 game on Sunday or Monday night in 15 years.

New York's 27-24 victory Sunday on NBC drew a 16.9 overnight rating and 27 share. It's also the best ''Sunday Night Football'' overnight since the package moved to NBC in 2006.

A Cowboys-Bears game earned a 20.2/33 on a Monday night on ABC in 1996.

Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program. Shares represent the percentage of all homes with TVs in use at the time. Overnight ratings measure the country's largest markets.