Ratings Reference
Telecasts · NFL

Chicago Bears at New Orleans Saints

Nielsen average audience: 12,444,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2017-10-29 Sunday
Networks
FOX
Away
Chicago Bears
Home
New Orleans Saints
12,444,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / split window (“(50%)”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
12,444,000
12.444M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / split window (“featuring Bears-Saints”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
12,400,000
Earlier in the day, coverage featuring Bears-Saints in 50% of markets had a 7.3 (-5%) and 12.4 million (-3%). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season windows

Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons
2016-10-30 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
22,700,000
Seattle Seahawks at New Orleans Saints
2016-10-30 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
12,800,000
8,700,000
3 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.

Top events · NFL

Full chart