Jets-Giants TV ratings average nearly 20 percent of NY homes
New York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall runs the ball after a reception in the first half of a game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015 in East Rutherford, N.J. Credit: Jim McIsaac
An average of nearly 20 percent of homes in the New York area watched Sunday as the Jets defeated the Giants, 23-20, in overtime in their quadrennial regular-season meeting at MetLife Stadium.
For obvious reasons, the 19.9 rating on CBS was unusually high for the New York market, which usually lags behind most other areas when it comes to weekly local NFL ratings.
New York ranked ninth among the 56 major markets measured for the early afternoon window on CBS, which also is far higher than normal.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
