The NFL must be pleased with its latest viewership totals, as the Week 15 late window amassed a monumental amount of viewers — even by its standards. According to Front Office Sports, nearly 40 million football fans tuned in to either CBS or FOX during the 4:25 PM EST window to watch either the Buffalo Bills take on the Detroit Lions or the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Philadelphia Eagles.
The CBS broadcast of Bills/Lions averaged 23.3 million viewers, while FOX’s Steelers/Eagles broadcast drew 16.4 million, although the former game lasted about a half-hour longer than the latter thanks in part to Philly’s long final drive.
FOS reports that this is just the second time since the 1970 merger in which two separate games each featured teams playing each other with ten wins by Week 15 or sooner.
NFL ratings have been soaring over the past two seasons, and this year is no different. NFL games accounted for the top 16 most-watched programs throughout October, even in a month which included the World Series, proving that nothing will stop the NFL in its march towards broadcasting supremacy.
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