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Telecasts · NFL

San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys

Nielsen average audience: 41,500,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2022-01-16 Sunday
Networks
CBS
Away
San Francisco 49ers
Home
Dallas Cowboys
41,500,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
combined / full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
41,500,000
" Sunday's 49ers-Cowboys NFC Wild Card game averaged a 20.7 rating and 41.50 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
41,500,000
41.50M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

34,330,000
Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs
2021-01-17 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+20.9% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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