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Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos

Nielsen average audience: 21,400,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2016-09-18 Sunday
Networks
CBS
Away
Broncos
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21,400,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / split window (“(74%)”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
21,400,000
21.4M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season windows

Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos
2015-09-13 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
23,300,000
Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks
2015-09-27 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
22,100,000
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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