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November 6, 2007

Pats-Colts racks up viewers

Hey all --

The Patriots-Colts game on Sunday, as expected, drew giant ratings for CBS.

New England's 24-20 win drew an average audience of 33.8 million viewers, making it the largest audience for a Sunday afternoon regular season game since 1987 -- which is as far back as CBS keeps records on such numbers. 66.4 million viewers watched the game for at least six minutes.

The previous high for a Sunday regular-season game was Cowboys-49ers on Nov. 12, 1995.

Pats-Colts earned a national rating/share of 20.1/36, the highest-rated Sunday afternoon regular-season game since another Cowboys-49ers game, on Nov. 10, 1996, drew a 20.2/36. It was the highest-rated program since the Academy Awards (23.8/37).

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