Apparently, lots of football fans outside of local markets were ready for some Sunday night Green Bay Packers-Pittsburgh Steelers football on Oct 26.
Viewership of the game that featured Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers playing the Green Bay Packers for the first time since being traded to the New York Jets three seasons ago peaked at an audience of 28.2 million in the second quarter.
The storyline of Rodgers facing the team he spent 18 seasons with helped the game average 25.5 million viewers. It’s the fifth game out of eight on NBC this season that has had at least 25 million people watching.
Viewers also made one of Jordan Love’s best games – 360 yards passing, three touchdowns – the most-watched Week 8 game since NBC has been televising night games on Sunday. The 35-25 Packers’ victory at Acrisure Stadium eclipsed last season’s San Francisco 49ers-Dallas Cowboys game that drew an average of about 23.5 million.
The Packers’ next nationally televised game is Nov. 10 on ABC and ESPN against the Philadelphia Eagles for “Monday Night Football.”
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: More than 25 million NFL fans watch Green Bay Packers-Pittsburgh Steelers game
Reporting by Emmett Prosser, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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