NBC's Sunday Night Football, television's #1 primetime show, continued its momentum last weekend. Among the late-season highlights: SNF averaged at least 21 million viewers for three consecutive December games for the first time since 2010. Compared to 2015, SNF posted a viewership increase for a third consecutive week (Weeks 14-16).
Viewership for NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL has increased 10% since the Presidential Election, averaging 21.2 million viewers for eight SNF games beginning Sunday, Nov. 13, compared to 19.3 million viewers for the season's first 10 SNF games. The Kansas City Chiefs' 33-10 Christmas night victory over the Denver Broncos on NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 21.5 million viewers across NBC and NBC Sports Digital platforms - marking the most-watched Week 16 NFL PRIMETIME game since 2011, according to Fast National data from The Nielsen Company, and digital data from Adobe Analytics. The NBC-only broadcast of Broncos-Chiefs averaged 21.4 million viewers -- ranking as the most-watched Week 16 NFL PRIMETIME game in five years (24.0 million for Bears-Packers on NBC's SNF, 12/25/11). The 21.4 million viewers for Denver-Kansas City topped last year's Week 16 SNF game by 20% (17.9 million for Giants-Vikings) and marked a 16% increase over the teams' first meeting this season in Week 12 - a thrilling Chiefs' 30-27 overtime victory in an NBC SNF "flex game" on Nov. 27 (18.4 million viewers).Videos