The Giants may be winless, but they still move the needle.
The Week 6 Giants/Bears “Thursday Night Football” game drew a 5.0 U.S. rating and 7.8 million viewers on NFL Network last week, up 39% in ratings and 38% in viewership from Steelers/Titans (3.6, 5.7M).
The game ranks as the #3 telecast of the season on NFL Network, trailing only Jets/Patriots in Week 2 (5.5, 8.8M) and Chiefs/Eagles in Week 3 (6.0, 9.4M).
So far this season, four of the five Thursday night games on NFL Network have earned at least 7.5 million viewers — doubling last year’s full-season total.
(Week 6 numbers from Bloomberg, The Futon Critic)
