Before the 2022 NFL regular season begins, the league already has a few reasons to feel good about what is coming this fall. Here are the full viewership numbers for Week 12. Speaking of ESPN, per Sports Media Watch, the Monday Night Football ratings made it the least-watched MNF game in Week 16 since 2018. Daily updates aggregating the stories and spin from more than 600 outlets across the globe. The pandemic coupled with an election year and political divisiveness around the United States played a major role in this. Top 10 single telecast TV programs in the U.S. 2020; . Award-winning original reporting, with in-depth profiles, timely research and expert opinions on the biggest issues and stories in sports business. 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Monday Night Football was already the lesser football package for NFL games and the decline in viewership didnt help in 2020. The only exception was the series finale of M.A.S.H. Keep in mind these are average ratings. According to SportsTVRatings, ESPN averaged 11.189 million viewers for its primary Monday night broadcast of the New Orleans Saints vs Seattle Seahawks contest. Its a notable drop from the numbers last season. Week 8 and Week 9 of the 2022 NFL season have lined up with the World Series between the Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies. Broadcasted on ESPN and ABC, the Pro Bowl games averaged 6.28 million viewers for a 6% drop from the ratings for the 2022 Pro Bowl. It was TV you couldn't stop watching if you tried, played by the two most-fervently watched teams in football. And remember, these ratings . The Dallas Cowboys accounted for five of the top 10 ratings. After hearing complaints about the Pro Bowl for years, the NFL dramatically changed how it holds its version of the All-Star Game. For comparison, $20.1 million watched the Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints game in the same time slot last Christmas. After a strong finish to the regular season, the presence of marquee teams and legendary quarterbacks in the NFL Playoffs have provided a boost for viewership. Competing against the Winter Olympics certainly didnt help. Even at the hands of a 4-12 season last year, Americas Team still managed to garner the most media exposure among its franchise competitors. The Rams also showed a lot of local TV strength this season, as their games posted a 14% ratings jump over last season. It's been proclaimed the most exciting two minutes in sports. Cleveland -- 35.19 7. "Featuring incredible play on the field and close contests, the 2021 regular season proved to be one of the most exciting and exhilarating of all-time," said Hans Schroeder, NFL Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, NFL Media. viewers per game. According to SportsMediaWatch, the Thursday Night Football opener averaged an estimated 7.33 million viewers on the NFLs exclusive TV network. 2 spot with 28.7 million viewers. The ratings from the Week 7 broadcast are down, but that can be attributed to the matchup. In total, 15.29 million viewers tuned in. Week 4 proved to be especially strong for the league. The numbers were eye-opening during the opening week of playoff football as the NFL went with its first three-day weekend of Wild Card action. 101.1 million television viewers tuned in on NBC and Telemundo. Of the three exclusive TNF broadcasts on NFL Network last season, only one exceeded 6 million viewers. Cincinnati -- 28.85 12. In other words, for right now, the NFL has nothing to worry about, but given the downward trend of NFL . Cleveland -- 35.197. Caleb Carbine worked previously with Gerad Parker at West Virginia. . Ranking the NFL's best players at every position: Execs pick the top 10 quarterbacks, linemen and corners 228d Jeremy Fowler Ranking the NFL's second-year breakout candidates: 15 players who could . Theres a good chance that the lack of parties due to the COVID-19 pandemic played a role, too. That continues a theme that affects local TV ratings more than any other factor: Teams that do well on the field get higher ratings than the teams that dont. Okay cool thank you! Denver -- 25.8915. As of August 31, 2020, all Nielsen figures include out-of-home viewing. It was the most-watched Week 4 MNF game since 2018. TV networks are feeling the strains of disappointing NFL ratings, as they are forced to restructure deals with advertisers to make up for the smaller audience, and their opportunity to make money off remaining games during the lucrative holiday season narrows, the Wall Street Journal reported this past weekend. The entire 2020 preseason was canceled due to COVID-19 and fans were desperate for some football action. Its important to put these numbers into perspective. For more information, go to NFL.com/nflnetwork. In comparing to the NFL, theres really no competition here. The Rams won the NFC West and earned a No. Nielsen uses sampling data to estimate television audiences, which means your specific decision to watch or not watch a game does not have any direct impact on the numbers unless you have been chosen by Nielsen to be part of its sample and agreed to do so. On a night when stars quarterback Derek Carr, wide receiver Davante Adams and quarterback Trevor Lawrence were ruled out days before kickoff, the broadcast still performed fairly well. But its evident fans just arent interested in watching an exhibition game with players understandably giving zero effort. It was their first regular-season game in Vegas with fans in attendance. Las Vegas -- 16.22, 2016 NBA Finals Game 7: 15.82022 CFP National Championship: 15.6, 26. When Madden NFL 23 launches worldwide on August 19, you'll know which teams have the upper hand when you're going head-to-head against your pals in Play Now. For the first time, each NFL team played 17 regular season games, providing fans with an extra week of regular season NFL action. While the COVID-19 pandemic forced many postponed games in 2020 and cost the NFL billions in revenue, outbreaks across the league arent having the same impact in 2021. NFL teams average more revenue, as well. The Chiefs-Ravens game drew a 10% spike in viewership compared to the preliminary numbers for the SNF debut. Super Bowl LV (Chiefs-Buccaneers): 91.63 million, NFC Championship Game (Buccaneers-Packers): 44.77 million, AFC Championship Game (Bills-Chiefs): 41.85 million, NFC Playoffs (Buccaneers-Saints): 35.46 million, NFC Playoffs (Rams-Packers): 26.5 million, AFC Playoffs (Browns-Chiefs): 34.33 million, AFC Playoffs (Ravens-Bills): 26.34 million. Despite a potential Aaron Rodgers vs. Patrick Mahomes matchup being wiped out by COVID-19, more than 20 million tuned in to watch Jordan Love make his first NFL start. According to Sports Media Watch, the game drew the lowest ratings for a championship bout in the league since Super Bowl III between the then-Baltimore Colts and New York Jets. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. NFL Media announced that its nationally-broadcasted games are averaging 17.3 million viewers per game (TV and digital), a 17% increase from the 2020 season. The Philadelphia Eagles even had top 10 finishes in four out of five categories, one of which was the number three spot for number of appearances in prominent televised games. a victory or two short of reaching our top 10. . In the final minutes of the Chiefs' 42-36 overtime slaying of the Bills, 90 percent of the TVs turned on in Kansas City and Buffalo were watching the game. Ourand noted that the rating figure doesnt include out-of-home viewing. Despite airing on Christmas Eve Saturday, the much-hyped Eagles-Cowboys showdown on FOX outdrew all three of the NFLs Christmas Day games. NFL games accounted for 75 of the top 100 television broadcasts in the U.S. last year, according to Sports Business Journal, and the league has managed to buck the trend of declining ratings for . Furthermore, CBS led all networks with an average of 40.798 million viewers during the playoffs. NFL Media announced that its nationally-broadcasted games are averaging 17.3 million viewers per game (TV and digital), a 17% increase from the 2020 season. With an unusually strong slate of games, the NFL TV ratings on Thanksgiving provided even stronger returns than some might have expected. 2021 @NFL Regular Season. Those close to this situation called it unheard of. Some of the broadcast networks, such as CBS and Fox, even considered having advertisers pay less than what they had originally pledged to air ads during NFL games. The Saturday night game increased 41% from last year, the Sunday night game rose 20% and the Saturday afternoon game increased 16%. CBS announced that its broadcast of the Week 3 preseason game between the Detroit Lions vs Pittsburgh Steelers was the most-watched NFL preseason game in the NFL this year and its most-watched exhibition NFL game in 9 years. On-field drills. Both teams on-field play stood out this season, which, of course, helped attract viewers. While the COVID-19 pandemic forced many postponed games in 2020 and cost the NFL billions in revenue, outbreaks across the league arent having the same impact in 2021. That included the San Francisco 49ers thrilling road win over the Dallas Cowboys being the most-watched NFL Wild Card Game since 2015. As reported by Sports Media Watch, the Week 7 TNF clash between the New Orleans Saints vs Arizona Cardinals averaged just 7.82 million viewers for Amazon Prime. Exclusively broadcasted on NFLF Network and its streaming services, the Colts-Cardinals broadcast averaged 12.62 million viewers. It was also a five-year high in overnights. According to Statista , the NFL will collect $54.6 billion from TV contracts with FOX (runs from 2014-2022), CBS (2014-2022), NBC (2014-2022), ESPN (2014-2021) and DirecTV . Its not close. "Featuring incredible play on the field and close contests, the 2021 regular season proved to be one of the most exciting and exhilarating of all-time," said Hans Schroeder, NFL Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, NFL Media. With an unusually strong slate of games, the NFL TV ratings on Thanksgiving provided even stronger returns than some might have expected. As for FOXs NFC Championship Game, the Philadelphia Eagles vs San Francisco 49ers broadcast peaked at 52.3 million viewers and this was the most-watched Conference Championship Game in 2023. Zach has been FootballScoop's national columnist since 2012. According to Sports Media Watch, the broadcast on NBC averaged 5.48 million viewers with a total of 5.7 million when Including streaming services not accounted for by Nielsen. Its a brilliant move by Amazon, keeping football fans at home to buy things via Amazon Prime instead of going out to the store. With the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers set to face off on NBC in Week 3, its safe to project the audience size will be strong. 2021 against the previous low year of 2017, there is a YTD increase of 8.0%. Here are the full ratings and viewership numbers for the primetime games in Week 9. In doing so, the league announced that it was the second most-watched Super Bowl in league history with 112.3 million viewers tuning in throughout the NBC broadcast and on streaming services. Below, we look at NFL TV ratings from the 2021 and 2022 seasons with the latest updates on Super Bowl LVII. In Kansas City and Buffalo, the average Chiefs or Bills game outdraws that. The NFL scored across-the-board increases for its Sunday games in Week 13 of the season, The NFLs three Thanksgiving Day games delivered record audiences, hit a season-low for an unappealing NFC South dud, and posted its first year-over-year decline of the season, each scored strong numbers in Week 5 of the NFL season, topped the charts in Week 4 of the NFL season, FOX and ESPN/ABC both scored multi-year highs in Week 3 of the NFL season, the NFLs largest Week 2 audience since at least 2000, with Titans-Bills the least-watched game ever in the MNF package, Amazon started its Thursday night run with a stronger audience than expected, Buccaneers-Cowboys was easily the top ratings draw in Week 1 of the NFL season. Full participants list: Click here. With Patrick Mahomes headed to the AFC Championship Game and a Rams vs 49ers matchup in the NFC title bout, ratings will likely be through the roof. Click below to sign in. The Manningcast returned after a brief hiatus and the level of fan interest was greater than ever. 2) Assuming #1 is yes; since the # of viewers was at least off by 50% (and most likely off by around 60% to 70%) from what would have happened if aired on Thanksgiving night, based on your industry knowledge, would the NFL throw NBC a bone by offering some sort of in-kind compensation? Throughout the season, there were 370 billion total minutes consumed which is up +18% vs. 2020 and the second-highest total on record behind only 2015. As we gear up for the 2022 NFL season, we present to you Madden NFL 23's official ratings for all 32 teams. The drop is in the Sun & Mon night # of viewers at about (4.2%). You should be able to go to the next page. Dont expect this to change in 2022 with the draft heading to Las Vegas. This site has focused on the up-and-down NFL TV ratings for the 2020 season. The largest Week 1 total since 2016. Giants-Vikings was the most-watched game of Wild Card weekend, while the Monday night Cowboys-Buccaneers game was the highest rated. A late matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals also did well. Its another win for the NFL, which continues to see its TV ratings steadily climb this season. Meanwhile, the Jets placed just ahead of their MetLife Stadium roommates at number eight. This just goes to show us that the NFL is still Americas pastime. 100 million viewers tuned in during the three-day opening slate. 49 print issues delivered to your home or office. Buccaneers-Cowboys was easily the top ratings draw in Week 1 of the NFL season, averaging a 12.3 rating and 23.3 million viewers (25 million including additional streaming data not tracked by Nielsen). According to Deadline, Tampa Bays narrow win drew 28.5 million viewers, making it the second most-watched Sunday Night Football game ever. These are also the early numbers from non-adjusted affiliates, so the ratings will change when everything is finalized. Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, fans turn to NFL Network to receive information and insight straight from the field, team headquarters, league offices and everywhere the NFL is making news. NBC's "Sunday Night Football" is up 12% to 21.8 million viewers in the U.S. ESPN's "Monday Night Football" is pulling in 14.7 million viewers, a 17% gain. The electrifying Odell Beckham, Jr. of the Giants, and his battles with Washingtons new cornerback, Josh Norman, helped lead the team to ninth place in the category. All rights reserved. With Patrick Mahomes headed to the AFC Championship Game and a Rams vs 49ers matchup in the NFC title bout, ratings will likely be through the roof. Dallas -- 29.5510. As Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated also points out, a Saturday preseason game between the Steelers and Seattle Seahawks broadcasted on NFL Network pulled in a larger audience than Foxs broadcast of the Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees. Detroit -- 20.9220. NFL Networks broadcast of the Washington Football Team and New England Patriots game on Aug. 12 drew the highest TV ratings for a preseason game on the flagship station since all the way back in 2018. In comparison, many of the World Series games on FOX have struggled to match or top regular-season NFL games. Putting the 5.81 million viewers into perspective, take a look at how NBA games on Christmas Day 2021 performed. Here are the full ratings and viewership numbers for the primetime games in Week 9. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nfl-tv-schedule-2021-fox-nbc-cbs-espn-tnf-snf-mnf/, Ratings: NASCAR, college hoops, soccer, NHL, XFL sees big drop in Week 2, but on par with last years USFL, LeBron injury ill-timed as Lakers continue to draw, Small sampling for LIV; PGA Tour wins head-to-head in rout. The 2021 NFL regular season averaged 17.1 million viewers (TV and Digital) the highest regular-season average since 2015 and up more than 10% from 2020. After a strong start for the network to open the 2022 NFL season, things are steadily trending down. Either way, Super Bowl LV between the eventual champion Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs represented the worst ratings for the big game since all the way back in 1969. Meanwhile, the game drew a record streaming audience of 11.2 million through Peacock and other streaming services. What we do know is that the 2021 NBA Finals between the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks and upstart Phoenix Suns did not draw great ratings. Joe Montana, Roger Craig, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, and Ronnie Lott all played on the 1989 team. NFL TV ratings were a mixed back throughout the 2020 season. When it comes to gridiron greatness, NFL teams can notch up wins in ways different from on-field records. The Saturday night game increased 41% from last year, the Sunday night game rose 20% and the Saturday afternoon game increased 16%. An evening broadcast of the Cleveland Browns vs. Green Bay Packers clash at Lambeau Field averaged 28.59 million viewers. The NFL signed TV rights contracts worth more than $100 billion before the 2021 season and everyone is quickly cashing in. For week 16 2020, there was no early DH game on Fox? 10.8% of U.S. television homes were tuned to the Bills-Rams game in the average minute. Even on a Championship Sunday without Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and even the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL TV ratings from the conference championship matchups exploded. The NBA owned Christmas for many years, with many effectively viewing NBA games on Christmas Day as the unofficial start of each basketball season. Simplistic view, thru week 11, 2020 using Mr. Ps numbers. Brian Early has been a part of the Houston staff since 2019 and was at Arkansas State previously. LA Rams -- 10.5230. back in 1983. What we do know is that the 2021 NBA Finals between the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks and upstart Phoenix Suns did not draw great ratings. Whether its the ongoing pandemic or something else, said decline forced networks to scramble and strengthen relationships with sponsors. 1. For each category, an NFL team average was calculated and the relative scores of each NFL team were indexed against the average. Heres a breakdown of the numbers from the league itself. According to Fox Sports, the 113 million that tuned in to watch the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles was the most-watched Super Bowl in six years. That is almost 13 million lower than 2019. The Atlanta Hawks vs New York Knicks averaged 2.924 million with the Boston Celtics vs Milwaukee Bucks averaging 4.933 million and the evening Los Angeles Lakers vs Brooklyn Nets matchup drew 5.75 million viewers. During a season when they won the NFC East, the Cowboys local TV ratings in the Dallas-Fort Worth market were the ninth-highest in the NFL. The matchup last year between the Dallas Cowboys vs Pittsburgh Steelers pulled in a much larger audience (seven million viewers) because it featured two of the most popular NFL teams. Chiefs-49ers was the exception in a mostly down week for the NFL that saw Amazon Prime score a new season-low. Sure all comparisons are to the similar weekend last season. Its another win for the NFL, which continues to see its TV ratings steadily climb this season. But this season, the last for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers local TV ratings dropped 10% to a 36.24. This created somewhat of a split between those on either side of the political line. Its the lowest average viewership for the game since 2006, when ESPN pulled in 5.96 million viewers. Its the second-most watched Championship Sunday since 2015 and both broadcasts are the most-watched programs since Super Bowl LV. Unfortunately for the network, in a year that saw the company lay off 300-plus employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NFL ratings took a major hit. The Wed special game between Bal & Pit was a part of the package that NBC paid for that was supposed to air on Thanksgiving night? To put this into context, I've interspersed these local TV ratings rankings with the national ratings for other major sporting events. Madden NFL 23 Official NFL Team Ratings. Amazon is paying $1.1 billion per season for the next 10 years to exclusively broadcast Thursday Night Football. On Monday night, ESPNs broadcast and stream pulled in 12.52 million viewers (SportsMediaWatch). Access is available for NFL Network subscribers of participating TV providers. On the whole, the league saw a 10 percent jump from 2020 to '21, and 21 of the league's 32 teams were up in local viewership versus last season. Amazons Thursday Night Football narrowly avoided a season-low opposite the World Series. It represented an 11% spike from a Cardinals-Cowboys clash during the same week in 2020, though it was a dip from numbers seen in 2019. All things considered, the NFL and NBC will still be pleased to open the 2022 season with a broadcast for a preseason game featuring backups and fringe NFL roster candidates averaging 5.8 million viewers. Viewers: The number of viewers aged 2+ viewing the game in the average minute. 1 sport in the United States. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the NFLs four divisional round matchups averaged 37.1 million viewers. Once again, any changes made didnt deliver. All Rights Reserved. It was the most-anticipated game of the young NFL season with Tom Brady bringing his Tampa Bay Buccaneers into Gillette to take on his former New England Patriots squad. Per a league press release, the 2021 NFL Draft was seen by an average audience of 6.1 million viewers (TV and digital) across NFL Network, ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes and digital channels during the three-day event, making it the third most-watched draft ever, NFL Media noted. So much interest. While three games were postponed to later dates in the Week 15 schedule, the NFL still finished with strong ratings. Its a brilliant move by Amazon, keeping football fans at home to buy things via Amazon Prime instead of going out to the store. Thursday, March 2: DL, LBs Friday, March 3: DB, STs Saturday, March 4: QB, WR, TEs Sunday, March 5: OL, RBs. New Orleans -- 40.89 5. Will be updated as the season progresses. The most-watched Sunday prime-time game was when the Washington Football Team and Dallas Cowboys battled for the NFC East title in Week 17 of the 2012 campaign. Week 8 of the NFL season brought strong showings for FOX and NBC, while ESPN did not fare as well for Monday Night Football. 3 led to continued uptick in viewership with the annual event seeing its third-highest ratings ever. Spanish-language Local TV. The game also came to a culmination on this touchdown pass from Raiders quarterback Derek Carr in overtime. The matchup saw 1.75 million viewers tune in. CBS topped the charts in Week 2 of the NFL season with more than 27 million viewers for its late Sunday window, the NFLs largest Week 2 audience since at least 2000. Its the third consecutive week that the NFL TV ratings for TNF have been at a season-low. In 2020, the SNF opener between the Cowboys and Rams averaged 18.94 million viewers with a 10.4 rating. 1) Week 1 had five Sunday games in 2021 instead of four. Below, we look at NFL TV ratings from the 2021 and 2022 seasons with the latest updates on Super Bowl LVI and the Los Angeles Rams winning their first-ever title in Southern California, to the massive numbers in the early week of the new season. YouTube TV, Hulu with live TV, Sling, Fubo TV, AT&T TV Now) on television, computer and mobile devices, though those figures are typically added to the total a few days the initial final nationals are published (and as such may not always be included in the numbers you see on this page). During the 2021 NFL regular season, there were 34 games decided by a game-winning score on the final play the most in a single season all-time while 49 games were decided by a game-winning score in the final minute of regulation or overtime tied for the most in a single season all-time. The NFL has owned Thanksgiving for years, becoming part of the tradition for families on Thursday. Throughout the season, there were 370 billion total minutes consumed which is . The entire NFL Playoffs have been a huge draw, averaging 36.3 million viewers. Football officially returned on August 4 with Canton, Ohio hosting the 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars. Explore what consumers are watching, playing and listening to around the world. On a night when the NFL competed against the 2021 Emmy Awards, which ended a seven-year ratings slide, NBCs Sunday Night Football came out on top for the television audience. According to SportsMediaWatch, the Thursday Night Football opener averaged an estimated 7.33 million viewers on the NFLs exclusive TV network. ABC Ratings: NBA, PGA Tour, NHL and more by Paulsen 24 hours ago NASCAR No crash, but caution flag out for Daytona 500 ratings Paulsen 3 days ago XFL XFL 3.0 off to much slower start than predecessors 4 days ago NBA Despite double-digit finishes in the other categories, the Buffalo Bills and New Orleans Saints placed in the top five locally. 2020 against the previous low year of 2017, there is a YTD increase of 0.1% [total difference is 0.5M]. After NBC cashed in with a massive audience for the NFL Kickoff Game, its numbers dipped on Sunday Night Football. The matchup last year between the Dallas Cowboys vs Pittsburgh Steelers pulled in a much larger audience (seven million viewers) because it featured two of the most popular NFL teams. NFL In the world of TV ratings, the NFL remains in a league of its own The NFL's viewership is so far ahead of any other sport, any comparison is pointless. In other words, it was a raging success. (The obvious follow-up: what were the other 10 percent doing?). But the Cowboys werent the only team to prove that there are other box scores where teams can put up points. ESPN and ABC split the Monday night audience, with Titans-Bills the least-watched game ever in the MNF package. For Week 7, the Manningcast will return to ESPN2 and ESPN+, with Peyton and Eli Manning hosting the simulcast for the New Orleans Saints vs Seattle Seahawks matchup. This comes after the Los Angeles Lakers 2020 NBA Finals win over the Miami Heat drew a record low average of 7.45 million viewers in the Orlando Bubble. So much interest. It was an ugly game, but the intrigue and the close score kept an audience around. On Monday night, ESPNs broadcast and stream pulled in 12.52 million viewers (SportsMediaWatch). Overlall Wild Card Weekend was an absolute win for the NFL from a ratings perspective. Conference Championship Sunday AFC Championship Game, CBS - Bengals vs Chiefs - 53.124 million avg. 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