Ratings Reference

Houston Texans at New England Patriots

Nielsen average audience: 17,500,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2016-09-22 Thursday
Networks
CBS
Home
Texans
17,500,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
17,500,000
17.5M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

16,900,000
2015-09-24 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+3.6% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.