Sunday Night's Steelers-Ravens Game Kills The Competition

For the 10th time this season, NBC's Sunday Night Football has won the primetime ratings. Last night's Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens game which went down to the wire held the audience and defeated the networks. And it did better than last year's Week 12 game. It also did better than last week's Eagles-Bears game which garnered a 12.1/19. Take a look.

“SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” TOP SHOW FOR 10th TIME IN 11 WEEKS

SNF Again Powers NBC To Sunday Night Win

Tops Desperate Housewives on ABC by 62%

NEW YORK – Nov. 30, 2009 – Last night's "NBC Sunday Night Football" was the No. 1 broadcast on Sunday night for the 10th time in 11 weeks with the Baltimore Ravens 20-17 overtime victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. "SNF" was again the No. 1 show of the night in the metered markets (excludes overruns of NFL day games) on a night that faced original programming including ABC's Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters, CBS's 60 Minutes and Amazing Race, and Fox's Simpsons, Cleveland Show and Family Guy.  Head-to-head from 9-10 p.m., "Sunday Night Football" out-rated Desperate Housewives on ABC by 62 percent.

"Sunday Night Football" registered a 12.6 overnight rating and a 20 share (from 8:30-11:45 p.m. ET). That rating is up 17 percent from last year's Week 12 game, which featured Peyton Manning and the Colts defeating the Chargers 23-20 (10.8/17).

The rating peaked during the overtime period (11:30-11:45 p.m. ET) at a 14.2/27

TOP 20 METERED MARKETS FOR SNF WEEK 12:
1. Pittsburgh, 49.0/66
2. Baltimore, 36.2/52
3. Cincinnati, 18.7/28
4. Las Vegas, 17.6/27
5. Nashville, 17.3/27
6. San Diego, 16.6/25
7. Dayton, 16.4/25
8. New Orleans, 16.2/22
9. Washington D.C., 15.2/25
T10. Denver, 15.1/23
T10. Albuquerque, 15.1/21
12. Memphis, 14.8/20
T13. Columbus, 14.7/23
T13. Richmond, 14.7/22
15. Norfolk, 14.6/22
16. Cleveland, 14.2/22
17. Phoenix, 13.7/21
18. Sacramento, 13.5/22
19. Indianapolis, 13.3/20
T20. Dallas, 13.1/22
T20. Portland, 13.1/22

**Viewership numbers will be available when national ratings are released tomorrow.**

Final numbers come out tomorrow.