Pro Bowl earns best television rating since 2000
Drew Brees, #9 of the New Orleans Saints, shares a laugh with Devin McCourty, #32 of the New England Patriots, after the 2011 NFL Pro Bowl. (Jan. 31, 2011) Credit: Getty Images
NEW YORK — The Pro Bowl earned its highest television rating since 2000.
The NFC’s sloppy 55-41 victory over the AFC on Sunday drew a 7.7 rating and 12 share on Fox. That’s up 8 percent from last year, when the game first moved from after the Super Bowl to the week before it.
The game earned a 21.0/28 in New Orleans. Milwaukee averaged a 15.6/23 even though no Super Bowl-bound Packers were playing in it.
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.
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