| NBC'S VIKINGS-STEELERS NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME IS MOST-WATCHED NFL PRESEASON GAME IN 5 YEARS
 Game Averages 11 Million Viewers - Up 29% From Last Year & Ranks as Most-Watched Sporting Event since Women's World Cup Final
 STAMFORD, Conn. - August 11, 2015 - NBC's telecast of the Minnesota Vikings' 14-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Sunday night's NFL/Hall of Fame Game averaged 11.0 million viewers, ranking as the most-watched preseason NFL game on any network in five years, since NBC's telecast of the 2010 NFL/Hall of Fame Game (11.4 million for Bengals-Cowboys), according to official national ratings released today by The Nielsen Company. 
 Vikings-Steelers topped last year's NFL/Hall of Fame Game telecast by 29% (8.5 million viewers for Giants-Bills) and ranks as the most-watched sporting event since the Women's World Cup Final on July 5, which featured the victorious U.S. team (Fox, 22.3 million viewers).
 The telecast (8:11-11 p.m. ET), which earned a 6.6/12 U.S. household rating, led NBC to Sunday primetime victories in household rating, viewership and the Adult 18-49 demographic.
 NBC's second preseason game will air on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 8 p.m. ET and features wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and the Arizona Cardinals visiting quarterback Derek Carr and the Oakland Raiders. 
 NBC TO BROADCAST 19 NFL GAMES IN 2015: As part of the agreement NBC signed with the NFL in December 2011, NBC, for the fourth straight season, will broadcast 19 regular-season games, including 17 regular-season Sunday Night Football games, NFL Kickoff 2015, and the annual Thanksgiving night game. NBC's original Sunday Night Football agreement, which began in 2006, included 17 regular-season games. It was increased to 18 games in 2010.
 SNF IS NO. 1 PRIMETIME PROGRAM ON TELEVISION: For four consecutive full television seasons, NBC's Sunday Night Football has finished as the No. 1 show in primetime in household rating, viewership and the coveted Adult 18-49 demographic, based on live plus same day data from The Nielsen Company (September-May). This marks the only four times on record that a sports series has been the highest-rated and most-watched show of the primetime TV season.  For the 2014-2015 primetime television season, Sunday Night Football ranked as the highest-rated (12.5 HH rating), most-watched show (21.3 million, viewers 2+), and the No. 1 program in the key Adults 18-49 demographic (7.7 rating).
 2015 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULEThurs. Sept. 10 	NFL Kickoff  	Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots
 Sun. Sept. 13	Week 1   	New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys
 Sun. Sept. 20	Week 2   	Seattle Seahawks at Green Bay Packers
 Sun. Sept. 27	Week 3   	Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions
 Sun. Oct. 4	Week 4 	Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints
 *Sun. Oct. 11	Week 5   	San Francisco 49ers at New York Giants
 *Sun. Oct. 18	Week 6 	New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts
 *Sun. Oct. 25	Week 7	Philadelphia Eagles at Carolina Panthers
 *Sun. Nov. 1	Week 8	Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos
 *Sun. Nov. 8	Week 9	Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
 *Sun. Nov. 15	Week 10	Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks
 *Sun. Nov. 22	Week 11  	Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers
 **Thurs. Nov. 26	Week 12	Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
 *Sun. Nov. 29	Week 12	New England Patriots at Denver Broncos
 *Sun. Dec. 6	Week 13	Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers
 *Sun. Dec. 13	Week 14	Seattle Seahawks at Baltimore Ravens
 *Sun. Dec. 20	Week 15	Cincinnati Bengals at San Francisco 49ers
 *Sun. Dec. 27	Week 16	Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens
 *Sun. Jan. 3	Week 17	TBD
 *Flex Week
 ** Thanksgiving Night Game
 
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