NFL ratings down for Wild Card Weekend despite huge Fox audience as Amazon Prime Video figures are revealed

NFL ratings down for Wild Card Weekend despite huge Fox audience as Amazon Prime Video figures are revealed

Tech


NFL ratings for Wild Card Weekend are down from last year across the board.

Fox was the big winner of the round with a big crowd for the Green Bay Packers at the Philadelphia Eagles game.

2

More than 35 million people tuned in to watch the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Green Bay Packers on FoxCredit: Getty
A Baltimore Ravens player dives for a touchdown as Pittsburgh Steelers players try to tackle him.

2

Baltimore's win over Pittsburgh was shown on Amazon Prime VideoCredit: Getty

But despite this, their broadcast fell below the equivalent program in 2023.

The Packers-Eagles game at 4.30pm ET on Sunday was watched by 35.9 million people across America.

That represents an 11 percent decrease from last year's game between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, which was watched by 40.2 million fans.

Viewership peaked at 39.5 million after 7pm ET last Sunday.

Numbers for Amazon Prime Video's first-ever streaming tie-in have also been announced.

The Giants live stream showed the Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night.

The broadcast averaged 22.1 million people.

That's down from the 23 million who watched the first-ever playoff game last year.

Peacock showed the Kansas City Chiefs beating the Miami Dolphins in the 2023 wild card round.

The viewership for the NBC Sunday Night game was also announced.

Michael Strahan sends taunt to New York Giants on Fox NFL Sunday to let star leave 'with Saquon'

The game between the Washington Commanders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers averaged 26.2 million viewers.

That was 19 percent lower than last year's broadcast of the Los Angeles Rams vs. Detroit Lions game.

CBS has not yet confirmed audience numbers for any of its playoff games.

The network showed the Houston Texans' victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday and then the Buffalo Bills' victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.

ESPN's viewership for Monday Night Football has also not been announced.

NFL division round schedule

Saturday, January 18, 4:30 PM ET (ESPN/ABC) – Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Saturday, January 18, 8 PM ET (FOX) – Washington Commanders at Detroit Lions

Sunday, January 19, 3pm ET (NBC) – Los Angeles Rams vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Sunday, January 19, 6:30 PM ET (CBS) – Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills

The network showed the Los Angeles Rams defeating the Minnesota Vikings in a game that was moved to Arizona due to wildfires in Los Angeles.

The Division game will be shown this weekend across four networks.

ESPN will host the Houston Texans against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday at 4:30 PM ET.

That will be followed by Washington's leaders taking on the Detroit Lions on Fox at 8 p.m. ET.

Sunday's slate on NBC begins at 3pm ET with the Los Angeles Rams at Philadelphia Eagles.

CBS will then take on the Baltimore Ravens with the Buffalo Bills at 6:30 PM ET.



Source

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *