Football Nbc's Only Ratings Bright Spot

NEW YORK — Take pro football out of the mix, and NBC's ratings problems are glaring.The NFL's Sunday night shootout between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers was seen by nearly 21.2 million people on NBC, the only prime-time program to top 20 million viewers last week, the Nielsen Co.

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