Telecasts · NFL
New England Patriots at Detroit Lions
19,460,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2026-08-27
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
19.46M (19.8M)Sports Media Watch, verbatim
19,460,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Patriots-Lions scored an 11.5 rating and 19.5 million viewers on NBC's Sunday Night Football over the weekend, up 14% in ratings and 11% in viewership from last year (Oakland-Washington: 10.1, 17.5M) but down 2% and 6% respectively from 2016 (Bears-Cowboys: 11.7, 20.6M).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
19,500,000
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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