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Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Nielsen average audience: 13,589,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2017-12-31 Sunday
Networks
FOX
Away
Chicago Bears
Home
Minnesota Vikings
13,589,000
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
full telecast / split window (“(61%)”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
13,589,000
13.589M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / split window (“featuring Bears-Vikings”) / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
13,600,000
… regional action featuring Bears-Vikings had a 7.9 (-18%) and 13.6 million (-20% on FOX … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

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.

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