Ratings Reference

New England Patriots at Denver Broncos

Nielsen average audience: 25,000,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2016-12-18 Sunday
Networks
CBS
25,000,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / split window (“(83%)”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
25,000,000
25.0M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

25,000,000
2015-12-20 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
0.0% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.