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UPDATE, 12:25 PM: The game ended over 12 hours ago and now the final numbers are in from last night’s NFL season opener.
The primetime match-up between the easily victorious Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans snared 19.3 million viewers.
That’s a fumble of 12.3% from the Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears opening game of the 2019-2020 season on September 5. With racial justice center stage at the beginning of the game, the contest between the mid-market reigning Super Bowl champions and the Lone Star state team is up just a touch over the 9-year low of the weather delayed 2018 season opener low in total sets of eyeballs.
When data from NBC Sports Digital and NFL Digital platforms are added, the 8:28 – 11:05 PM ET game had Total Audience Delivery of 20.3 million. That’s an 11% drop from last year’s TAD, even with the digital numbers up 55% over 2019 to a non-Super Bowl high. Last night’s game peaked at 22 million viewers early in the 9:15 – 9:30 PM ET period.
An easy win for NBC on Thursday night, the kickoff game is the most watched sporting event since KC beat the 49ers on February 2 in Super Bowl LIV. [...]
At one point, COVID had people yearning for live sports. Just looking for a few hour escape from all of the crap they’re being bombarded with.
Then the NFL decided to be a part of the crap.
THAT’S why their ratings are down. They could have been huge.
Even the cardboard cutouts were booing.