Bret Favre a Ratings Booster for Fox TVWeek

All the hype about quarterback Bret Favre's return to Green Bay as a member of the rival Minnesota Vikings paid off in the ratings.

The Nielsen ratings for Fox's coverage of Sunday's Green Bay Packers vs. the Minnesota Vikings gamed showed that it was the second-most-watched NFL game ever on the network, with an average of 29.8 million viewers before 7 p.m. and 39 million after 7 p.m.

The numbers were up 26% over the same time last year.

-- Allison J. Waldman