Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots
Nielsen average audience: 21,791,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2017-09-07 Thursday
- Networks
- NBC
21,791,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
21,791,000
21.791M (22.2M)Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
NFL 2017 season
Week 1 of 17 · 8th of 57 published NFL figures in the 2017 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 23:09 UTC
Prior-season comparable
25,200,000
2016-09-08 · NBC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
−13.5% 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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