With World Series competition on FOX, “Thursday Night Football” hit a season-low last week.
The Week 8 Buccaneers/Vikings “Thursday Night Football” game drew a 3.2 U.S. rating and 5.165 million viewers on NFL Network last week, ranking as the lowest rated and least-viewed NFL game of the season on any network.
The previous lows were 3.6 and 5.651 million for Steelers/Titans opposite the vice presidential debate in Week 6.
Last week’s game aired directly opposite Game 2 of the Giants/Tigers World Series (7.8, 12.343M).
Ratings/Viewership For “Thursday Night Football”
Through Week 8
| WK # | Date | Away | Home | Net | Rating | Viewers (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Thu., 9/13/12 | Bears | Packers | NFLN |
5.3
|
8,559
|
| 3 | Thu., 9/20/12 | Giants | Panthers | NFLN |
4.6
|
6,993
|
| 4 | Thu., 9/27/12 | Browns | Ravens | NFLN |
5.2
|
8,053
|
| 5 | Thu., 10/4/12 | Cardinals | Rams | NFLN |
4.3
|
6,435
|
| 6 | Thu., 10/11/12 | Steelers | Titans | NFLN |
3.6
|
5,651
|
| 7 | Thu., 10/18/12 | Seahawks | 49ers | NFLN |
4.4
|
7,023
|
| 8 | Thu., 10/25/12 | Buccaneers | Vikings | NFLN |
3.2
|
5,165
|
(Last week’s rating from Bloomberg, viewership from The Futon Critic)
