Nielsen Panel+Big Data measurement gets Media Rating Council accreditation, praise from NFL
"It will forever change audience measurement."
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ESPN touts Chiefs-Texans as its most-watched NFL game ever
While ESPN's ratings were up, Fox saw a 10 percent dip from last year.
NFL Wild Card weekend mostly down in viewership year-over-year
The league's audiences were still massive compared to any other sport.
CBS beating Fox in NFL ratings shows power of star quarterbacks
Gone are the days when airing teams in the largest media markets would secure the biggest audiences.
NFL ratings experience slight decrease in 2024
Even with the slight drop, the NFL is still the King of TV ratings.
Local NFL viewership is down despite strength of national windows
21 of the NFL's 32 teams have seen year-over-year viewership declines in their local markets.
‘Thursday Night Football’ continues ratings boost with Rams-49ers
TNF is now averaging 13.51 million viewers in 2024, up 12% from this point last season.
NFL sees highest average viewership through Week 12 since 2015
The league continues to show it's the only game in town when it comes to mass viewership events in the United States.
Can the Lions really out-rate the Cowboys on Thanksgiving?
NFL’s Week 4 ratings a mixed bag compared to last season
NBC's Sunday Night Football was down 16.5% versus last season.
NFL Week 2 ratings: CBS, Fox, NBC off to best starts in years
CBS is off to its best two-week start to the season since 1998-1999.
Jets-49ers ManningCast posts lowest viewership since 2021 debut
NFL Week 1 ratings: Everyone’s a winner as networks draw huge numbers
Every network had something to celebrate in Week 1 of the NFL season thanks to soaring ratings on almost every platform that televised games.
Tom Brady Fox debut scores big Week 1 increase with huge caveat
Tom Brady's debut in the broadcast booth scored big ratings for the NFL on Fox, but maybe not as much as would have been hoped for.
Nielsen’s first-party data usage should alleviate NFL ratings dip
Expect to see ratings for all streaming NFL partners to magically go up.
2024 election race likely to wreak havoc on sports programming, NFL ratings
"Most of my sources expect NFL viewership to decline this year for the first time in a while..."
Super Bowl LVIII sees record-setting women’s viewership, ratings
Super Bowl 58 set astronomical ratings for broadcast television, and the event saw record-setting women's viewership.
CBS records most-watched telecast in history with Super Bowl LVIII broadcast
Has sports betting led to an increase in NFL ratings?
NFL could buck historical trends with Trump-Biden presidential rematch this fall
NBA ratings fall further behind NFL on Christmas Day
The NBA saw huge declines in ratings on Christmas Day while the NFL continued to see its viewership numbers soar.
Fox’s Christmas Day Giants-Eagles broadcast set network high, saw huge year-over-year jump
This was the most-watched Christmas Day broadcast of any kind ever on Fox.
Controversial UFC fighter makes false claims about NFL ratings
The NFL will be just fine, chugging along with its record-breaking numbers and vaccine-shilling tight ends.
ABC’s Christmas Day Ravens-49ers broadcast draws historic ratings
This was the second-most-watched Monday Night Football game since 1996.
Raiders-Chiefs, with lots of Taylor Swift shots, drew NFL’s best Christmas rating since…1989
This was the highest-rated Christmas Day broadcast ever on CBS.
