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Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots

Nielsen average audience: 15,814,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2017-12-24 Sunday
Networks
CBS
Away
Buffalo Bills
Home
New England Patriots
15,814,000
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 (“(42%)”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
15,814,000
15.814M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / split window (“featuring Patriots-Bills”) / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
15,800,000
… drew an 8.9 rating and 15.8 million viewers on CBS last Sunday … 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 England Patriots at Denver Broncos
2016-12-18 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
25,000,000
New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins
2017-01-01 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
16,600,000
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 CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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