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The clashing NFL game, a matchup between Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans, began at 1 p.m. ET and averaged 15.5 million viewers on NBC.. The NFL and college football clashed again later ...
The NFL continued to prove that it is king with a strong showing in the ratings department for its two Saturday afternoon games that went up against competition from the College Football Playoff ...
The game is Sunday Night Football's most-watched Week 3 game ever, according to NBC, and marked a 20% increase over last year's comparable Steelers-Raiders game. The game was also the fourth-most ...
Average viewership was slightly larger in 1978 (44,278,950) than in 1980 (42,300,000). [ 5 ] The lowest ratings for an entire World Series was in 2023 , a five-game series won by the Texas Rangers over the Arizona Diamondbacks , which averaged a 4.7 rating with a 14 share; it also had the lowest average viewership, at 9.082 million.
To maximize TV ratings, as well as to protect the NFL's ability to sell TV rights collectively, games televised on ESPN or the NFL Network are blacked out in each of the primary markets of both teams (the Green Bay Packers have two primary markets, Green Bay and Milwaukee, a remnant of when they played some home games in Milwaukee each season, see below) under syndicated exclusivity ...
The NFL has been attempting a hostile takeover of that ownership since 2020, and the result has been clear wins in the average viewership numbers. Last year's NBA slate drew only 2.85 million ...
Each of the Big Four leagues has at least 30 teams (the NFL has had 32 teams since 2002 and the NHL added its 32nd team in 2021), and each has had at least 29 teams since the year 2000. Major League Soccer adopted a policy of continuous expansion at a rate of one to two new franchises a year since 2005, and reached 30 teams in 2025 with the ...
A pair of Saturday NFL games drew a larger viewing audience than college football for the rollout of the sport's 12-team playoff. The playoff game between SMU and Penn State averaged 6.4 million ...