NFL TV ratings, already TV sports' sumo wrestlers, fattened up this season — weighing in with highest average game ratings in 21 years. And Wednesday the league got lucky when Minnesota picked up Randy Moss from New England just as the Vikings are about to get a TV star turn. The NFL's ratings so far are already startling: Its NFL game telecasts are averaging more than twice as many viewers — 18.9 million — as the average number of viewers for primetime shows on the four broadcast networks combined— the biggest gap ever. Now, the onscreen casting of Moss and Minnesota's Brett Favre could be a ratings booster rocket at just the right time. It was already logical that league's TV schedule would feature Minnesota's Favre, especially before a body that turns 41 Sunday isn't as beaten up as it will be later this season. Source: USA Today
