Telecasts · NFL
Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots
21,110,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-08-27
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen2 figures
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full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
21.11M (21.5M)Sports Media Watch, verbatim
21,110,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Chiefs-Patriots earned a 12.3 rating and 21.1 million viewers on the Week 6 edition of NBC's Sunday Night Football , up 31% in ratings and viewership from last year (Giants-Broncos: 9.4, 16.2M) and up 52% and 55% respectively from 2016 (Colts-Texans: 8.1, 13.6M).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
21,100,000
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
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