THE NFL’s ratings for Wild Card Weekend have taken a dip from last year across the board.
Fox were the big winners of the round with a huge audience for their Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Eagles clash.
Over 35 million people tuned in to see the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Green Bay Packers on Fox[/caption]
Baltimore’s win over Pittsburgh was shown on Amazon Prime Video[/caption]
But even so, their broadcast was down from the equivalent program in 2023.
The Packers-Eagles game at 4.30 pm ET on Sunday was watched by 35.9 million people across America.
That was 11 per cent down on 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 just after 7 pm ET this past Sunday.
Figures for the first ever Amazon Prime Video playoff broadcast were also announced.
The streaming giants showed the Pittsburgh Steelers take on Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night.
And the broadcast averaged 22.1 million people.
That number was down on the 23 million that watched the first ever playoff stream last year.
Peacock showed the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Miami Dolphins in 2023’s wild card round.
Viewership for the NBC Sunday night game was also announced.
The game between the Washington Commanders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers averaged 26.2 million viewers.
And that was down 19 per cent on last year’s Los Angeles Rams vs Detroit Lions broadcast.
CBS has yet to confirm the audience figures for either of their playoff games.
The network showed the Houston Texans beat the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday and then the Buffalo Bills defeating the Denver Broncos Sunday.
ESPN’s viewership for the Monday Night Football game also hasn’t yet been made public.
NFL division round schedule
Sat 18 Jan, 4.30 pm ET (ESPN/ABC) – Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs
Sat 18 Jan, 8 pm ET (Fox) – Washington Commanders at Detroit Lions
Sun 19 Jan, 3 pm ET (NBC) – Los Angeles Rams at Philadelphia Eagles
Sun 19 Jan, 6.30 pm ET (CBS) – Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills
The network showed the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Minnesota Vikings in a game that was moved to Arizona due to the LA wildfires.
This weekend’s division game will be shown across four networks.
ESPN has the Houston Texans against Kansas City Chiefs Saturday at 4.30 pm ET.
And that will be followed by the Washington Commanders at the Detroit Lions on Fox at 8 pm ET.
Sunday’s slate begins on NBC at 3 pm ET with the Los Angeles Rams at the Philadelphia Eagles.
And then CBS has the Baltimore Ravens taking on the Buffalo Bills at 6.30 pm ET.
