The Detroit Lions aren’t the only ones celebrating after Sunday night’s 20-16 win against the Green Bay Packers. The matchup, which began at 8:20 p.m.
ET, averaged 23.4M viewers for NBC, making it the most-watched Sunday Night Football season finale in six years. It marked the last regular-season game of the 2022 season.
It was certainly a win for NBC, which had been seeing some declines in Sunday Night Football ratings recently. Week 17’s Ravens-Steelers game averaged about 17.18M total viewers, which was down 7% in viewership from the year prior.
It also marked the fourth straight game that NBC had posted ratings declines. In previous weeks, primetime viewership had slipped to around 15M per game.
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