

It’s important to put these numbers into perspective. Meanwhile, the game drew a record streaming audience of 11.2 million through Peacock and other streaming services. In doing so, the league announced that it was the second most-watched Super Bowl in league history with 112.3 million viewers tuning in throughout the NBC broadcast and on streaming services.ġ01.1 million television viewers tuned in on NBC and Telemundo.

The NFL released its numbers for Super Bowl LVI between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams. 1 pick Super Bowl LVI draws 112 million viewers Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports NFL mock draft 2023: Four QBs in Round 1, Chicago Bears hold No. It’s just part of the reason the NFL generated record-setting national revenue this past year. We saw NFL TV ratings in 2021 climb, with the league’s broadcasting partners and advertisers very happy with the returns. The NFL signed TV rights contracts worth more than $100 billion before the 2021 season and everyone is quickly cashing in. NFL generates massive revenue through TV ratings Gary Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports The NFL TV ratings should climb nicely during the regular season.


It’s also worth considering that the 2022 Hall of Fame induction doesn’t include any all-time greats with massive name appeal.Īll things considered, the NFL and NBC will still be pleased to open the 2022 season with a broadcast for a preseason game featuring backups and fringe NFL roster candidates averaging 5.8 million viewers. The matchup last year between the Dallas Cowboys vs Pittsburgh Steelers pulled in a much larger audience (seven million viewers) because it featured two of the most popular NFL teams. Pro Football Hall of Fame 2022: Class of inductees, how to watch and more It is the second-least watched Hall of Fame Game in a decade, but there’s a reason for it. On a night when stars quarterback Derek Carr, wide receiver Davante Adams and quarterback Trevor Lawrence were ruled out days before kickoff, the broadcast still performed fairly well.Īccording to Sports Media Watch, the broadcast on NBC averaged 5.48 million viewers with a total of 5.7 million when Including streaming services not accounted for by Nielsen. NFL TV ratings for Hall of Fame Game The Repository / Scott Heckel / USA TODAY NETWORKįootball officially returned on August 4 with Canton, Ohio hosting the 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars. NFL TV ratings for the season-opening game between the Buffalo Bills vs Los Angeles Rams should be through the roof, with NBC likely expecting a massive audience for its new broadcasting team. As Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated also points out, a Saturday preseason game between the Steelers and Seattle Seahawks broadcasted on NFL Network pulled in a larger audience than Fox’s broadcast of the Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees. We can also compare that to MLB, which drew just under 3.2 million viewers for its Field of Dreams game on Fox. The Atlanta Hawks vs New York Knicks averaged 2.924 million with the Boston Celtics vs Milwaukee Bucks averaging 4.933 million and the evening Los Angeles Lakers vs Brooklyn Nets matchup drew 5.75 million viewers. Putting the 5.81 million viewers into perspective, take a look at how NBA games on Christmas Day 2021 performed. XhQ54SowF6- CBS Sports PR August 30, 2022ĬBS announced that its broadcast of the Week 3 preseason game between the Detroit Lions vs Pittsburgh Steelers was the most-watched NFL preseason game in the NFL this year and its most-watched exhibition NFL game in 9 years. CBS Sports' Coverage of is Most-Watched Preseason Game Since 2013.
