Ratings Reference

NFL Packers–Lions

Nielsen average audience: 23,900,000 viewers (final), per Awful Announcing.

Aired
2025-09-07 Sunday
Networks
CBS · FOX
Teams
Lions · Packers
23,900,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2025-09-11

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast / split window (“mostly”) · final
press-attributed · Awful Announcing
23,900,000
According to a CBS press release, Sunday's late-afternoon window (mostly the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers) averaged 23.9 million viewers Awful Announcing, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / split window (“mostly Lions-Packers”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
23,890,000
As a result, on a Nielsen-only basis, the CBS national window (mostly Lions-Packers) was the most-watched of Week 1 with 23.89 million viewers. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

17,780,000
2024-09-08 · CBS · NFL Sunday Ticket · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+34.4% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.