Telecasts · NFL

New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers

2017-12-17 · NFL · CBS

26,883,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

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Nielsen2 figures

via pressaverage audienceLead figure

full telecast / split window (“(91%)”) · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

26.883M Sports Media Watch, verbatim

26,883,000

via pressaverage audience

full telecast / split window (“featuring Patriots-Steelers”) / TV only · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

The Week 15 NFL national window, featuring Patriots-Steelers in 91% of markets, had a 15.2 rating and 26.9 million viewers on CBS — up 6% in ratings and 8% in viewership from last year (mostly Patriots-Broncos: 14.3, 25.0M) and up 5% and 8% respectively from 2015 (mostly Broncos-Steelers: 14.5, 25.0M). Sports Media Watch, verbatim

26,900,000

2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider