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Telecasts · NFL

Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs

Nielsen average audience: 21,100,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2015-09-17 Thursday
Networks
CBS
Away
Denver Broncos
Home
Kansas City Chiefs
21,100,000
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 · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
21,100,000
21.1M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / split window (“featuring Chiefs/Broncos”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
24,900,000
… coverage featuring Chiefs/Broncos in Week 2 — ratings and viewership declined by 6% and 7%, respectively, from a 14.4 and 24.9 million. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

11,880,000
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons
2014-09-18 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+77.6% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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