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New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers

Nielsen average audience: 26,883,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2017-12-17 Sunday
Networks
CBS
Away
New England Patriots
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Pittsburgh Steelers
26,883,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · 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
26,883,000
26.883M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast / split window (“featuring Patriots-Steelers”) / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
26,900,000
… 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 … Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

25,000,000
New England Patriots at Denver Broncos
2016-12-18 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+7.5% 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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