ESPN and CBS went head-to-head for the largest viewers throughout Week 17 of the NFL common season.
Each delivered round 26.1M viewers, marking a milestone for the NFL because the league has now seen greater than double the video games cross the 25M threshold as final yr (when solely 9 had met that mark by this time).
Monday Night time Soccer — which truly aired on Saturday to provide deference to school soccer on Monday — delivered its second consecutive week of an viewers over 26M viewers for the controversial contest between the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys.
That recreation joins the Eagles-Chiefs (November 22) and Ravens-49ers (December 25) from this season because the three most-watched MNF video games since 1997.
The present season is now formally the most-watched MNF season of the ESPN period (2006 – current), averaging 17.1 million viewers. The tv franchise is up 33% year-over-year.
CBS was up 6% versus final yr with its viewers for the Bengals-Chiefs, marking the most-watched Week 17 recreation window in 12 years.
Earlier within the day, the Dolphins-Ravens matchup on CBS posted the largest viewers for a Week 17 regional recreation window since 1998 with almost 18M tuning in. That’s up 23% from final yr to be the fourth most-watched recreation of the week.
NBC’s Sunday Night time Soccer telecast of the Packers win over the Vikings slid into third with 18.14M viewers tuning in. On Fox, the Steelers-Seahawks managed 15.5M viewers.
Thursday Night time Soccer on Prime Video as soon as once more got here in on the backside of the pack, although it was the 14th recreation (out of 15) this season to mark an elevated viewers over final yr. Simply over 10M individuals tuned in to look at the Cleveland Browns tackle the New York Jets.
