Sunday Night Football’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Arizona Cardinals scored a Christmas primetime win for NBC, according to Nielsen’s live plus same-day data.
As football fans tuned in to see Tom Brady face off with Kyler Murray, NBC’s Sunday Night Football earned a viewership of 17.1 million and a 4.20 rating score in the key demographic – up from last week’s New York Giants vs. slight rise. Washington Commanders Sunday Night Football game which brought in 15.4 million viewers and scored an average rating of 3.93.
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Here’s how primetime broke down across the major broadcast networks:
According to Nielsen data, NBC was first in the key demo with an average 3.22 rating and first in total viewers with an average of 13.3 million. “Football Night in America” debuted at 7:00 pm with a 0.40 ratings score and an average of 2.5 million viewers, while the Sunday Night NFL pre-kickoff show continued to grow its audience by earning a 3.4 ratings score and attracting 13 million viewers. . Leading average for the game.
CBS was second in the ratings with an average of 1.42 in the demo and averaged 6.7 million in total viewers. The first televised post-game coverage for the Rams vs. Broncos started the night strong with a 4.36 rating score – the highest of the night – and an average of 16.8 million viewers ahead of the 8:00 p.m. Christmas edition of “60 Minutes Presents”. ratings score of 0.81 and average viewership of 5.3 million. The network closed out the evening with a rerun of “East New York”, with the 9:00 p.m. airing averaging a 0.31 in the ratings and 2.5 million viewers, while the 10:00 p.m. airing earned a 0.23 rating score. and attracted 2.2 million viewers.
ABC was third in the ratings with an average of 1.15 in the demo and an average of 3.8 million in total viewers. “NBA Countdown” debuted the night with a 1.12 in the main demo and averaged 3.7 million viewers ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Golden State Warriors game at 8:00 p.m., which earned a ratings score of 1.07 and an audience of 3.5 million. Of. Average. 10:30 Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets ended the night with a 0.52 rating score and an average of 1.7 million viewers.
Fox was fourth in the ratings with an average of 0.25 in the demo and averaged 964,000 in total viewers. The network achieved an average ratings score of 0.29 and an audience of 1.2 million with reruns of “TMZ’s Merry Elfin’ Christmas” at 7:00 p.m. before reruns of “Family Guy” and “Bob’s Burgers”. Of.
The CW was fifth in the ratings with an average of 0.05 in the demo and earned a ratings score of 0.05 at 8:00 p.m. as a rerun of the holiday special “Christmas Around the World” averaged 407,000 in total viewers. attracted the audience. ,
Neither The CW nor Fox air primetime programming at 10 p.m.
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