Ratings Reference

Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys

Nielsen average audience: 18,600,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2016-12-26 Monday
Networks
ESPN
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Lions
18,600,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
18,600,000
18.6M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

15,800,000
2015-12-28 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+17.7% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.