Published TV audiences (Nielsen) for this season and last week, with the source and date on every number. Real-time TV ratings are not public, so the live module at the top counts activity on this site instead.
NBC Sunday Night Football: Chiefs vs. Seahawks NBC26.286M
FOX NFL Sunday, national window (4:25 PM) FOX24.67M
Thursday Night Football: Patriots vs. Bears Prime Video19.859M
CBS NFL single game (1:00 PM) CBS15.434M
FOX NFL Sunday, regional (1:00 PM) FOX14.005M
World Series Game 1 FOX11.506M
World Series Game 2 FOX10.662M
NFL Network exclusive: Steelers vs. Saints NFL Network6.924MNFL Network alone
Monday Night Football: Commanders vs. 49ers ESPN6.689MESPN telecast only, as listed in the cable Top 10
ALCS Game 6: Guardians vs. Rays TBS3.487M
College football: Tennessee vs. South Carolina ESPN3.043M
2026 NFL season (through Week 7)
Largest published audiences we could verify; not a complete ranking. Sunday afternoon CBS/FOX figures are a whole national window (different games in different markets).
Chiefs-Raiders (Week 4 national window, 69% of markets) CBS28.45MSports Media Watch, Oct 7, 2026
Chiefs-Seahawks, Sunday Night Football (Week 7) NBC26.29MSports Media Watch, Oct 30, 2026
Cowboys-Giants, Sunday Night Football (Week 1, Nielsen update) NBC25.82MSports Media Watch, Oct 29, 2026
Patriots-Seahawks, NFL Kickoff Game (Nielsen update) NBC25.2MSports Media Watch, Oct 29, 2026
FOX late national window, mostly Packers-Lions (Week 7) FOX24.67MSports Media Watch, Oct 30, 2026
Colts-Chiefs (Week 2, Nielsen update) NBC24.43MSports Media Watch, Oct 29, 2026
Patriots-Bears, Thursday Night Football (Week 7) Prime Video19.86MSports Media Watch, Oct 27, 2026
Cowboys-Eagles, Monday Night Football (Week 7) ESPN/ABC18.8MESPN, ABC, ESPN2, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes, Disney+ and NFL+ · ESPN Press Room, Oct 28, 2026
NFL primetime packages
Monday Night Football, 2026 through Week 7 ESPN/ABC19MESPN: "averaging 19M viewers", up 26% · ESPN Press Room, Oct 28, 2026
Thursday Night Football, 2026 through Week 7 Prime Video17.71Mup 12% (15.84M at the same point in 2025) · Sports Media Watch, Oct 27, 2026
Sunday Night Football, 2025 season NBC + Peacock23.5MNBC Sports Pressbox, Jan 6, 2026
Monday Night Football, 2025 season (21 games) ESPN/ABC15.8MESPN Press Room, Jan 7, 2026
NBCU+Versant ranked No. 4, 0.03 points behind Netflix; Nielsen gives no exact figure in the release, so it is not charted.
How these numbers work
Published TV/streaming audiences (Nielsen, as reported by Nielsen, the networks and Sports Media Watch). No estimates. Figures use the method each source states (Nielsen Big Data + Panel since Sept 2025; some network figures add their own streaming data). Not real-time ratings: real-time TV ratings are not public. Retrieved 2026-10-30. A figure we could not confirm on its source page is left out.
What is the most-watched broadcast of the NFL season so far?
Chiefs-Raiders (Week 4 national window, 69% of markets) on CBS, 28.45 million viewers (Sports Media Watch, published 2026-10-07). Largest published audiences we could verify; not a complete ranking. Sunday afternoon CBS/FOX figures are a whole national window (different games in different markets).
Are these real-time TV ratings?
Published TV/streaming audiences (Nielsen, as reported by Nielsen, the networks and Sports Media Watch). No estimates. Figures use the method each source states (Nielsen Big Data + Panel since Sept 2025; some network figures add their own streaming data). Not real-time ratings: real-time TV ratings are not public. A figure we could not confirm on its source page is left out.