Houston Texans at Cincinnati Bengals
Nielsen average audience: 8,080,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2017-09-14 Thursday
- Networks
- NFL Network
- Away
- Bengals
- Home
- Texans
8,080,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
8,080,000
8.080MSports Media Watch, verbatim
8,100,000
Texans-Bengals earned a 4.9 rating and 8.1 million viewers on the premiere of NFL Network's Thursday Night Football …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
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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Week 2 of 17 · 51st of 57 published NFL figures in the 2017 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:02 UTC
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