National Football League

Vikings-Packers earns highest Sunday night rating

Published Oct. 26, 2010 5:15 p.m. ET

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Brett Favre's second return to Green Bay earned the highest television rating for ''Sunday Night Football.''

The Packers' 28-24 win over Favre's Minnesota Vikings on NBC earned a 15.4 rating and 25 share. The 25.7 million viewers beat the 25.3 million for the Cowboys-Redskins opener earlier this season.

The game drew a 53.1/68 in Milwaukee and a 51.5/68 in Minneapolis.

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.