Chiefs-Broncos was up 11% for CBS in the Week 8 Sunday national window. GETTY IMAGES
The NFL heads into Week 9 with its best viewership on record at this point in the season (figures date back to 1988). Games through Week 8 are averaging 18.4 million viewers, up 3% from the same point last season.
CBS had its best Week 8 window ever last weekend, with Chiefs-Broncos highlighted in 93% of the Sunday national window. That game drew 28.2 million viewers, up 11% from the same window last year featuring Cowboys-Broncos. For the season, CBS has a 5% uptick for all of its games, averaging 19.6 million.
ESPN and ESPN2 drew 16.4 million viewers for Bears-Seahawks on “Monday Night Football” in Week 8. There was no simulcast on ABC, and NFL Network did not have a Next Gen Stats alt-cast. The ManningCast on ESPN2 drew 864,000 viewers as part of the Week 8 audience. Bears-Seahawks is down 7% from 17.6 million viewers last year in Week 8 for Commanders-Chiefs on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2. The ManningCast itself was up 29%. “MNF” remains up 22% for the season.
Eagles-Commanders drew 19 million viewers on “Sunday Night Football,” down 25% from 25.5 million for NBC’s Packers-Steelers in the same window last season.
Fox in Week 8 had the singleheader window, drawing 16.457 million, down 13% from 18.953 million last year.
Prime Video has seen gains for each of its seven “Thursday Night Football” games this season. “TNF” for the season is averaging 17.6 million viewers, which is on pace for an Amazon record.