Chicago Bears at New York Giants

Name: Chicago Bears at New York Giants
Creator: RatingsReference
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

2018-12-02 · NFL · FOX

14,220,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures

via pressaverage audienceLead figure

full telecast / split window (“(46%)”) · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

14.22M Sports Media Watch, verbatim

14,220,000

via pressaverage audience

full telecast / split window (“featuring Bears-Giants”) · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Earlier in the day, regional action featuring Bears-Giants in 46% of markets had an 8.7 rating and 14.2 million viewers — up 28% in ratings and 27% in viewership from last year (mostly Vikings-Falcons: 6.8, 11.2M) and up 19% and 16% respectively from 2016 (fr. Sports Media Watch, verbatim

14,200,000

2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksFOX

AwayChicago Bears

HomeNew York Giants

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints

2017-12-03 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

20,218,000

Minnesota Vikings at Atlanta Falcons

2017-12-03 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

11,170,000

2 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on FOX, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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Chicago Bears at New York Giants (2018-12-02): 14,220,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2026-08-27, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nfl-tv-ratings-viewership/2018-season/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nfl-bears-giants-2018-12-02, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950