Sunday's Pats-Steelers game got highest rating of season | VIDEO

Were you watching Sunday’s Patriots-Steelers showdown? Well, of course you were, and as it so happens, so was just about everyone else.

The Patriots 27-24 come-from-behind win at Heinz Field translated into the highest TV rating of the 2017 NFL season across any network and earned CBS its highest rating since the 2015 season.

The broadcast captured a national household rating of 17.0, up 8 percent from last year’s Week 15 national broadcast, making it CBS’ highest rated game since Week 10 of the 2015 season featuring Kansas City at Denver and New England at N.Y. Giants.

In the local market, the game earned a 39.7 household rating, making it the highest-rated game of the 2017 campaign for the Patriots and the second-highest over the past two years, while once again taking the top spot in the weekly television ratings.

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Sports staff

Were you watching Sunday’s Patriots-Steelers showdown? Well, of course you were, and as it so happens, so was just about everyone else.

The Patriots 27-24 come-from-behind win at Heinz Field translated into the highest TV rating of the 2017 NFL season across any network and earned CBS its highest rating since the 2015 season.

The broadcast captured a national household rating of 17.0, up 8 percent from last year’s Week 15 national broadcast, making it CBS’ highest rated game since Week 10 of the 2015 season featuring Kansas City at Denver and New England at N.Y. Giants.

In the local market, the game earned a 39.7 household rating, making it the highest-rated game of the 2017 campaign for the Patriots and the second-highest over the past two years, while once again taking the top spot in the weekly television ratings.

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