Telecasts · NFL
Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams
14,450,000
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
14.45M (15.1M)Sports Media Watch, verbatim
14,450,000
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Vikings-Rams scored an 8.9 rating and 14.5 million viewers in the season's first Thursday Night Football simulcast on Fox Sports and NFL Network, flat in ratings and down 1% in viewership from last year (Bears-Packers: 8.9, 14.61M) and down 6% in both measures from the first TNF simulcast in 2016, which took place in Week 2 (Jets-Bills: 9.5, 15.39M).Sports Media Watch, verbatim
14,500,000
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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