Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs
Nielsen average audience: 24,750,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2023-09-07 Thursday
- Networks
- NBC
- Away
- Chiefs
- Home
- Lions
24,750,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2023-09-12
Published figures
JSONNielsen2 figures
24,750,000
… which pulled a 13.0 and 27.5 million (24.75 million per Nielsen, plus 2.8 million streaming viewers per Adobe Analytics) …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
26,800,000
Thursday's Lions-Chiefs NFL Kickoff Game averaged a 12.8 rating and 26.8 million viewersSports Media Watch, verbatim
blend1 figure
via pressaverage audience
combined / full telecast / panel-only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
27,500,000
… which pulled a 13.0 and 27.5 million (24.75 million per Nielsen, plus 2.8 million streaming viewers per Adobe Analytics) …Sports Media Watch, verbatim
3 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
combined counts all networks and streams · press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
NFL 2023 season
Week 1 of 18 · 19th of 72 published NFL figures in the 2023 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:03 UTC
Prior-season comparable
19,940,000
2022-09-08 · NBC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+24.1% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on NBC, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.
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