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Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Nielsen average audience: 9,400,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2017-12-18 Monday
Networks
ESPN
Away
Buccaneers
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9,400,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2017-12-21

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
9,400,000
Falcons-Buccaneers scored a 5.7 rating and 9.4 million viewers on ESPN Monday night, down 16% in ratings and 18% in viewership from Carolina-Washington last year (6.8, 11.4M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NFL 2017 season

Week 15 of 17 · 47th of 57 published NFL figures in the 2017 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-31 02:23 UTC
NFL 2017 season ledger

Prior-season comparable

11,200,000
Carolina Panthers at Washington Redskins
2016-12-19 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−16.1% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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