Telecasts · NFL
Houston Texans at Cincinnati Bengals
8,080,000
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
8.080MSports Media Watch, verbatim
8,080,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Texans-Bengals earned a 4.9 rating and 8.1 million viewers on the premiere of NFL Network's Thursday Night Football , up a tick in ratings and 2% in viewership from the channel's first exclusive game last year, Dolphins-Bengals in Week 4 (4.8, 7.9M).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
8,100,000
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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