The NFL enjoyed robust tv ratings once once more in the 2020 regular season, but the numbers are down significantly from a yr ago.
According to Nielsen (h/t Brad Adgate of Forbes), the typical target audience for 2020 NFL regular season games was 15.Four million. This is down from the common of 16.Five million for the 2019 season, and fairly down from the 15.Eight million average for 2018.
Ratings have been up and down for the NFL throughout the years. Dating again to the 2014 regular season season (via Adgate), 2015 marked the most efficient year for rankings with a mean of 18.7 million audience.
The NFL hasn't come with regards to attaining that mark ever since. The subsequent best totals will be the 16.Five million viewers they averaged in each 2016 and 2019.
Per Adgate, 18 telecasts delivered an target market of greater than 20 million audience. Topping all regular season games used to be the Thanksgiving showdown between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Football Team which averaged 30.3 million viewers.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced the league to regulate the schedule during the 12 months. This season saw at least one sport performed on every day of the week.
The Tennessee Titans experienced a COVID-19 outbreak that forced the league to reschedule their Week 5 house game towards the Buffalo Buffalo Bills to Tues, Oct. 13. The Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens' Week 13 game used to be rescheduled from Thurs, Dec. 3 to the next Tuesday.
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Baltimore also had to play a Wednesday night time game on Dec. 2 towards the Pittsburgh Steelers.
But the NFL managed to finish the regular season as deliberate on Jan. 3, and the playoffs are on course to complete by means of Feb. 7 - the date of Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Though the rankings declined from the regular season, the viewership remains robust and neatly for the league. The NFL stands to earn billions more in income when the foremost networks agree to new broadcasting deals.
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