The 10pm Duck Dynasty on A&E last night had 8.6 million viewers - more than any game on NFL Network last season.
— TVSportsRatings (@TVSportsRTGS) February 28, 2013
It is unfair to compare the two, really: the NFL network isn't in as many homes as A&E, etc, etc. But know this: America still loves football, but it really, really loves men in beards with thick accents shooting waterfowl.