NFL averaged 22.3 million viewers per game for opening week, its highest on record

The NFL averaged million viewers per challenge during the league s opening week making it the most-watched Week on record for the second straight year The per-game average on TV and digital platforms was a increase from the million Week average of last season according to the league and Nielsen Various of the increase can be attributed to a change in the way viewers are counted Nielsen began using its Big Content Panel methodology for all events beginning on Sept and coinciding with the upcoming start of the new television season Earlier this year Nielsen began measuring out-of-home viewers for all states but Hawaii and Alaska along with including information from smart TVs along with cable and satellite set-top boxes Nielsen previously measured just the top media markets which covered of the country This was the third straight season where at least four of the games averaged at least million NBC had the two most-watched games Defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia s - domination over Dallas in last Thursday s opener averaged million on TV and digital making it the second-most watched NFL Kickoff competition on record The competition was averaging million and would have topped last year s record million mark for Baltimore versus Kansas City before a weather delay in the third quarter stopped the battle for more than an hour Buffalo s - success over Baltimore on Sunday night averaged million the most of watched SNF opener since NBC and Peacock s million average for the two games is its second-highest opening week average The slate of Steelers-Patriots and Cowboys-Giants averaged million The late afternoon contest between Detroit and Green Bay averaged million on CBS the framework s most-watched Week challenge since it reacquired NFL rights in The Packers posted a - win over the Lions in Micah Parsons debut with Green Bay CBS averaged million for its doubleheader package of six games The four-game early window headlined by Pittsburgh s - win over the New York Jets averaged million Minnesota s - comeback triumph over Chicago on Monday night averaged million on ESPN ABC and ESPN the second-most watched MNF meeting since ESPN took over as the main broadcaster in and an increase over last year Led by Washington s - win over the New York Giants Fox s early Sunday singleheader of six games averaged million Last Friday s tournament in Brazil between the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs on YouTube TV and NFL digital platforms averaged million globally The U S average for the Chargers - supremacy was million which included over-the-air broadcasts in Los Angeles and Kansas City AP NFL https apnews com hub nfl Source