NFL Network drew its best Thanksgiving night numbers yet for last week’s Bengals/Jets matchup.
The Jets’ win over the Bengals drew a 3.4 U.S. rating and 7.106 million viewers on NFL Network last Thursday night, up 13% in ratings and 16% in viewership from Week 12 last year (NYG/DEN: 3.0, 6.105 mil).
The game ranks as the most-viewed Thanksgiving NFL game ever on NFL Network (five telecasts), and the network’s third-most viewed game overall (35 telecasts).
Though up from previous years, Thursday’s game ranks as the third-least viewed NFL telecast of the season on any network.
NFL Network is averaging 5.9 million viewers through three telecasts this season, up 37% from last year.
(pifeedback.com; NFL Network press release from TV By The Numbers)
