This Christmas weekend was one for the report books for the NFL, which boasted a number of of its most-watched video games in many years.
The Miami Dolphins eked out a victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas Eve, drawing 31.5M viewers for Fox. That’s the most-watched recreation of the week, and it’s really the community’s finest efficiency for America’s Recreation of the Week since 1995.
The Dolphins-Cowboys matchup additionally up 13% over final yr’s Week 16 viewers to turn out to be one of many most-watched video games of the season.
On Christmas Day, CBS and Nickelodeon set a report, delivering the the most-watched NFL Christmas Day recreation since 1989 with 29.2M folks tuning in for the Raiders-Chiefs. The viewers was up 29% versus final yr’s recreation.
Actually, the Raiders’ win is now the most-watched Christmas Day program ever on CBS with greater than 28M tuning in on the published community alone.
In third place was ESPN/ABC’s Christmas night time telecast of the sport between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. That tallied 27M viewers, marking the second most-watched Monday Night time Soccer recreation in 27 years, behind just one different recreation from this season, the Eagles-Chiefs in Week 11.
Prime Video was additionally again up this week, after seeing a dip in viewership the week prior. Kicking off the weekend on Thursday, the streamer’s Saints-Rams telecast drew simply over 10M viewers, marking a 23% improve over the yr earlier than.