Astonishingly, that contest drew a better television rating in St. Louis, which they had jilted, than their new home town. Nielsen reported that 10.9 percent of homes with a TV in LA market tuned in, while the rating in St. Louis was 13.3.
But Los Angeles turned the corner for the Rams’ playoff game Saturday as it generated a 23.4 rating, an NFC semifinal matchup with the Cowboys, while the figure in St. Louis was 18.5.
In the big picture, the ratings in Los Angeles for both playoff games of the new home teams lagged far behind the numbers generated in the cities of the other teams that were playing.