The NFL announced that more than 121 million total viewers took in the league’s opening weekend. That marks the NFL’s highest average opening weekend viewership since 2016.
The network-wide average of 18.5 million viewers was up 7% from the same Thursday-Monday period last season, according to the NFL. The 121 million total viewers represented an increase of 5% from last year.
“This was one of the greatest kickoff weekends in memory,” said NFL EVP/Communications, Public Affairs and Policy Jeff Miller, who noted that a record-high seven of the opening weekend’s games were decided by three points or less.
CBS, FOX and NBC grabbed 83 million viewers on Sunday and those viewers watched more than 12 billion minutes of game action. CBS, NBC, FOX and ESPN all had great opening weekend numbers.
