Telecasts · NFL
Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions
31,800,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-08-29
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen2 figures
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full telecast · final
press-attributed · Wikipedia
31.8Wikipedia, verbatim
31,800,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Earlier in the day, Bills-Lions scored an 11.8 and 31.78 million viewers on CBS — up 11% in ratings and 12% in viewership from last year (Bears-Lions: 28.25M) and the largest audience on record for the early Thanksgiving game (dating back to 1988).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
31,780,000
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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