Ratings Reference

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

JSON
Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
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
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · preliminary
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
26,800,000
Thursday's Lions-Chiefs NFL Kickoff Game averaged a 12.8 rating and 26.8 million viewers Sports 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

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.