Peyton Manning's return from injury and debut with the Denver Broncos against the Pittsburgh Steelers drew an overnight rating of 18.0, the highest rating for any prime time regular season game ever on NBC.

The previous best was a 17.7 rating in 2010 for a rematch between the Saints and the Vikings of the previous season's NFC Championship.

Ratings were up eight percent from last season's game between the Cowboys and Jets.