NFL: 141 million watched football on Thanksgiving Day
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The National Football League (NFL) said three football games aired by CBS, Fox and NBC on Thanksgiving Day set a viewership record for the holiday, with 141 million households watching at least a few minutes of football programming last Thursday.
The number was cited in a press release issued by the NFL on Tuesday, which revealed viewership figures for the early afternoon match-up between the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions on CBS for the first time.
Citing Nielsen data, the early game on CBS averaged 37.5 million viewers, setting a record for a football game airing in that time slot on Thanksgiving and up 11 percent from last year’s game on the network.
The data was not made available by CBS late last week, even though rival football broadcasters Fox and NBC released overnight data that showed how many people tuned in to watch...
The National Football League (NFL) said three football games aired by CBS, Fox and NBC on Thanksgiving Day set a viewership record for the holiday, with 141 million households watching at least a few minutes of football programming last Thursday.
The number was cited in a press release issued by the NFL on Tuesday, which revealed viewership figures for the early afternoon match-up between the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions on CBS for the first time.
Citing Nielsen data, the early game on CBS averaged 37.5 million viewers, setting a record for a football game airing in that time slot on Thanksgiving and up 11 percent from last year’s game on the network.
The data was not made available by CBS late last week, even though rival football broadcasters Fox and NBC released overnight data that showed how many people tuned in to watch...
- 12/3/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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