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Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots

Nielsen average audience: 21,110,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2018-10-14 Sunday
Networks
NBC
Away
Kansas City Chiefs
Home
New England Patriots
21,110,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
21,110,000
21.11M (21.5M) Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
21,100,000
Chiefs-Patriots earned a 12.3 rating and 21.1 million viewers on the Week 6 edition of NBC's Sunday Night Football … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NFL 2018 season

Week 6 of 17 · 13th of 57 published NFL figures in the 2018 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 22:04 UTC
NFL 2018 season ledger

Prior-season comparable

16,158,000
New York Giants at Denver Broncos
2017-10-15 · NBC · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+30.6% 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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