Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Name: Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings
Creator: RatingsReference
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

2017-12-31 · NFL · FOX

13,589,000

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 (“(61%)”) · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

13.589M Sports Media Watch, verbatim

13,589,000

via pressaverage audience

full telecast / split window (“featuring Bears-Vikings”) / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

Earlier in the day, regional action featuring Bears-Vikings had a 7.9 (-18%) and 13.6 million (-20% on FOX, while competing coverage featuring Jets-Patriots had a 6.6 (-28%) and 11.2 million (-32%) on CBS. Sports Media Watch, verbatim

13,600,000

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

On the record

NetworksFOX

AwayChicago Bears

HomeMinnesota Vikings

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

New York Giants at Washington Redskins

2017-01-01 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

22,400,000

Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles

2017-01-01 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

17,000,000

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 Minnesota Vikings (2017-12-31): 13,589,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2026-08-27, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/nfl-tv-ratings-viewership/2017-season/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nfl-bears-vikings-2017-12-31, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950