Nationally, the game had 2.9 overnight rating and a 6 share.

This episode had an overnight rating of 167,100 viewers.

Overnight ratings measure the nation's largest markets.

This makes the broadcast the most watched, according to overnight ratings, since the 2008 series opened with 8.4 million.

Overnight ratings showed that 5.73 million viewers watched the episode live, a 28.8% audience share.