Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions
Nielsen average audience: 18,800,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
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18,800,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2025-10-24
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
18,800,000
… Buccaneers-Lions averaged a combined 18.8 million viewers across ABC and ESPN — marking the largest Week 7 "MNF" audience since Jets-Patriots on ABC in 1998.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
per network / full telecast · preliminary
press-attributed · The TV Ratings Guide
8,400,000
NFL: Buccaneers v. Lions ESPN 2.67 8.40The TV Ratings Guide, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
NFL 2025 season
Week 7 of 18 · 41st of 80 published NFL figures in the 2025 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:38 UTC
Prior-season windows
2024-10-14 · ESPN · ABC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
17,300,000
2024-10-28 · ESPN · ABC · ESPN+ · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
13,340,000
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 ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ABC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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