‘Sunday Night Football’ Viewership Slips In Week 2, But NFL Game Steady With 2021 As Packers Beat Bears
deadline.comComing off a bruising season-opener loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the Green Bay Packers had something to prove on Sunday Night Football last night up against the Chicago Bears.With Elgton Jenkins back on the line, Wisconsin’s finest put it all out on Lambeau Field and took down the Windy City crew 27-10 at home.
The primetime matchup saw Aaron Rodgers firing off passes and the likes of Randall Cobb taking it where it needed to be.NFL 2022 Schedule: Primetime TV Games, Thanksgiving Menu, Christmas Tripleheader & MoreIt was a performance that in some ways helped take NBC and the NFL where they needed to be, and then not so much.
The final numbers won’t be in until Tuesday, but advanced Nielsen data puts SNF Week 2 viewership at just over 20 million.That audience is across NBC, Peacock and NFL Digital properties, it should be noted.Week-to-week, the sets of eyeballs were down about 20% from Tom Brandy and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 19-3 evisceration of the Dallas Cowboys.
However, year-to-year and across linear, streaming and digital platforms, last night’s SNF (the 205th Packers-Bears game, BTW) came in pretty steady with 2021-22 Week 2.
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