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Telecasts · NFL

Las Vegas Raiders at Dallas Cowboys

Nielsen average audience: 38,530,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2021-11-25 Thursday
Networks
CBS
Away
Cowboys
Home
Raiders
38,530,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
38,530,000
CBS estimates that Thursday's Raiders-Cowboys NFL Thanksgiving Day game averaged 38.53 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
37,840,000
37.84M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Revision ledger

Nielsen full telecast average audience · newest first
2021-11-27
+690,000 vs initial figure
Sports Media Watch
2026-08-27
37,840,000
initial figure · superseded
Sports Media Watch

NFL 2021 season

Week 12 of 18 · 2nd of 70 published NFL figures in the 2021 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC
NFL 2021 season ledger

Prior-season comparable

23,390,000
Houston Texans at Detroit Lions
2020-11-26 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+64.7% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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