Telecasts · NFL
Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers
14,610,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-08-27
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
14.610M (15.1M)Sports Media Watch, verbatim
14,610,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Bears-Packers earned an 8.9 rating and 14.6 million viewers on the season's first Thursday Night Football simulcast on CBS and NFL Network, down 6% in ratings and 5% in viewership from the first simulcast last year, Jets-Bills (9.5, 15.4M), and down 31% in both measures from the first simulcast in 2015, Broncos-Chiefs (12.9, 21.1M).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
14,600,000
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
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