2015 NFL TV Ratings

This is the 2015 NFL ratings page. For 2019 ratings, go to the main page.

Television ratings and viewership for every game of the 2015 NFL season, compared to last year. Click here to jump to a week: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12. For regional action, the featured game (and the percentage of the U.S. that received said game) is listed where available. Other season ratings are here: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014.

Window/Game	Net	Rtg.	+/-	Vwrs.	+/-
WEEK ONE
Steelers/Patriots NFL Kickoff	NBC	16.2	+3%	27.4M	+1%
Giants/Cowboys Sun. Night Football	NBC	15.4	+10%	26.8M	+12%
Ravens/Broncos (80%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	13.5	-14%	23.3M	-17%
Packers/Bears (47%) Singleheader	FOX	11.6	+17%	20.1M	+22%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 1	CBS	—	—	14.9M	+6%
Vikings/49ers Mon. Night Football	ESPN	8.8	+24%	14.3M	+24%
Eagles/Falcons Mon. Night Football	ESPN	8.5	+1%	13.6M	-1%
WEEK TWO
Cowboys/Eagles Doubleheader Gm. 2	FOX	15.5	+8%	27.2M	+9%
Seahawks/Packers Sun. Night Football	NBC	15.1	+17%	26.4M	+19%
Broncos/Chiefs Thu. Night Football	CBS, NFLN	12.9	+2%	21.1M	+2%
Regional action Singleheader	CBS	—	—	16.7M	-14%
Falcons/Giants (32%) Doubleheader Gm. 1	FOX	—	—	15.3M	+17%
Jets/Colts Mon. Night Football	ESPN	8.1	-12%	12.5M	-16%
WEEK THREE
Bears/Seahawks (76%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	12.9	-18%	22.1M	-19%
Broncos/Lions Sunday Night Football	NBC	13.1	+10%	22.1M	+11%
Falcons/Cowboys (46%) Singleheader	FOX	—	—	18.3M	-11%
Wash./Giants Thu. Night Football	CBS, NFLN	10.5	+40%	16.9M	+42%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 1	CBS	—	—	15.1M	+4%
Chiefs/Packers Monday Night Football	ESPN	8.3	-1%	13.5M	+2%
WEEK FOUR
Packers/49ers (57%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	FOX	15.0	even	25.9M	even
Cowboys/Saints Sunday Night Football	NBC	14.1	+4%	24.2M	+5%
Ravens/Steelers Thu. Night Football	CBS, NFLN	11.8	+16%	19.4M	+19%
Regional action Singleheader	CBS	—	—	15.8M	+34%
Lions/Seahawks Monday Night Football	ESPN	9.0	+2%	14.4M	even
Giants/Bills (68%) Doubleheader Gm. 1	FOX	—	—	12.8M	-15%
Jets/Dolphins International Series	CBS	—	—	9.9M	no gm.
WEEK FIVE
Patriots/Cowboys (81%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	15.2	+32%	26.1M	+33%
49ers/Giants Sunday Night Football	NBC	11.8	+1%	19.6M	+1%
Seahawks/Bengals (39%) Singleheader	FOX	—	—	18.0M	-7%
Colts/Texans Thursday Night Football	CBS, NFLN	9.5	-3%	15.1M	-9%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 1	CBS	—	—	13.6M	-7%
Steelers/Chargers Monday Night Football	ESPN	7.7	-6%	12.2M	-7%
WEEK SIX
Chargers/Packers (81%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	14.5	-17%	25.0M	-17%
Patriots/Colts Sunday Night Football	NBC	13.1	+21%	22.8M	+26%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 1	CBS	10.9	+14%	18.3M	+14%
Panthers/Seahawks (38%) Singleheader	FOX	10.6	+13%	17.9M	+16%
Falcons/Saints Thursday Night Football	CBS, NFLN	9.3	-7%	14.8M	-7%
Giants/Eagles Monday Night Football	ESPN	8.7	+10%	13.9M	+9%
WEEK SEVEN
Cowboys/Giants Doubleheader Gm. 2	FOX	14.4	-8%	24.5M	-9%
Eagles/Panthers Sunday Night Football	NBC	12.2	-12%	20.6M	-13%
Regional action Singleheader	CBS	11.6	+26%	19.2M	+25%
Seahawks/49ers Thursday Night Football	CBS, NFLN	10.5	+4%	17.1M	+6%
Saints/Colts (56%) Doubleheader Gm. 1	FOX	7.9	-7%	12.5M	-12%
Ravens/Cardinals Monday Night Football	ESPN	7.8	-4%	12.2M	-8%
Bills/Jaguars International Series	Yahoo!	none	no gm.	1.6M	no gm.
WEEK EIGHT
Seahawks/Cowboys Doubleheader Gm. 2	FOX	17.0	+39%	29.4M	+42%
Packers/Broncos Sunday Night Football	NBC	13.0	+19%	23.0M	+22%
Dolphins/Patriots Thursday Night Football	CBS, NFLN	10.9	-11%	17.5M	-13%
Giants/Saints (46%) Doubleheader Gm. 1	FOX	10.1	+15%	16.6M	+17%
Regional action Singleheader	CBS	8.4	-24%	14.1M	-23%
Colts/Panthers Monday Night Football	ESPN	7.8	-32%	12.4M	-34%
Lions/Chiefs International Series	FOX	5.3	-4%	8.4M	-1%
WEEK NINE
Broncos/Colts Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	14.3	-15%	24.0M	-18%
Eagles/Cowboys Sunday Night Football	NBC	13.6	+23%	23.0M	+24%
Packers/Panthers (56%) Singleheader	FOX	12.5	-5%	20.9M	-6%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 1	CBS	8.1	+40%	13.2M	+42%
Bears/Chargers Monday Night Football	ESPN	7.3	-6%	11.4M	-7%
Browns/Bengals Thursday Night Football	NFLN	5.5	+31%	8.8M	+28%
WEEK TEN
Patriots/Giants (66%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	16.3	+21%	28.3M	+25%
Vikings/Raiders (27%) Singleheader	FOX	11.6	+9%	19.6M	+13%
Cardinals/Seahawks Sunday Night Football	NBC	11.4	+8%	19.4M	+7%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 1	CBS	8.5	+4%	14.2M	+5%
Texans/Bengals Monday Night Football	ESPN	7.7	+7%	12.2M	+8%
Bills/Jets Thursday Night Football	NFLN	4.8	-8%	7.6M	-9%
WEEK ELEVEN
Packers/Vikings (89%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	FOX	15.5	+3%	27.5M	+4%
Bengals/Cardinals Sunday Night Football	NBC	10.7	-14%	18.0M	-14%
Regional action Singleheader	CBS	10.4	-3%	17.4M	-3%
Bills/Patriots Monday Night Football	ESPN	8.9	+10%	14.3M	+12%
Wash./Panthers (66%) Doubleheader Gm. 1	FOX	8.1	-2%	13.7M	-1%
Titans/Jaguars Thursday Night Football	NFLN	4.2	-14%	6.6M	-15%
WEEK TWELVE
Panthers/Cowboys Thanksgiving Late	CBS	14.3	+1%	32.5M	+1%
Bears/Packers Thanksgiving Prime	NBC	13.8	+21%	27.8M	+21%
Steelers/Seahawks Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	15.4	-1%	26.6M	+1%
Eagles/Lions Thanksgiving Early	FOX	12.3	-10%	25.4M	-14%
Patriots/Broncos Sunday Night Football	NBC	14.6	+11%	25.2M	+13%
Giants/Wash. (32%) Singleheader	FOX	12.3	+1%	20.5M	-1%
Ravens/Browns Monday Night Football	ESPN	6.5	-3%	10.1M	-7%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 1	CBS	6.0	-28%	9.8M	-25%
WEEK THIRTEEN
Panthers/Saints (61%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	FOX	16.3	-7%	28.6M	-7%
Colts/Steelers Sunday Night Football	NBC	11.1	-11%	19.2M	-9%
Packers/Lions Thursday Night Football	CBS, NFLN	11.0	no gm.	17.8M	no gm.
Jets/Giants (39%) Singleheader	CBS	10.2	+6%	17.2M	+10%
Seahawks/Vikings (42%) Doubleheader Gm. 1	FOX	9.4	+13%	15.4M	+13%
Cowboys/Wash. Monday Night Football	ESPN	8.7	+18%	14.2M	+20%
WEEK FOURTEEN
Cowboys/Packers Doubleheader Gm. 2	FOX	16.5	+6%	28.9M	+11%
Patriots/Texans Sunday Night Football	NBC	12.3	-4%	21.0M	-1%
Regional action Singleheader	CBS	10.9	+3%	18.6M	+6%
Falcons/Panthers (34%) Doubleheader Gm. 1	FOX	8.9	+3%	15.2M	+11%
Giants/Dolphins Monday Night Football	ESPN	7.4	-13%	11.5M	-17%
Vikings/Cardinals Thursday Night Football	NFLN	5.5	even	8.7M	-4%
WEEK FIFTEEN
Broncos/Steelers (86%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	14.5	-8%	25.0M	-6%
Panthers/Giants (52%) Singleheader	FOX	14.5	+31%	25.0M	+34%
Cardinals/Eagles Sunday Night Football	NBC	10.5	-27%	18.1M	-25%
Lions/Saints Monday Night Football	ESPN	6.7	-6%	10.9M	-2%
Jets/Cowboys TNF (Saturday edition)	NFLN	4.3	—	7.4M	—
Buccaneers/Rams Thursday Night Football	NFLN	3.8	-19%	6.0M	-22%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	not available
WEEK SIXTEEN
Packers/Cardinals (92%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	FOX	15.5	+2%	27.8M	+7%
Vikings/Giants Sunday Night Football	NBC	10.4	-10%	17.9M	-7%
Regional action Singleheader	CBS	—	—	17.6M	+9%
Panthers/Falcons (54%) Doubleheader Gm. 1	FOX	—	—	16.2M	-1%
Bengals/Broncos Monday Night Football	ESPN	9.4	-3%	15.8M	-1%
Washington/Eagles TNF (Saturday edition)	NFLN	—	—	8.1M	+14%
Chargers/Raiders Thursday Night Football	NFLN	—	—	7.1M	+46%
WEEK SEVENTEEN
Vikings/Packers Sunday Night Football	NBC	13.8	+15%	24.3M	+17%
Seahawks/Cardinals (51%) Doubleheader Gm. 2	FOX	12.0	-23%	20.9M	-27%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 2	CBS	11.2	+14%	18.6M	+13%
Regional action Doubleheader Gm. 1	CBS	10.3	+63%	17.6M	+64%
Washington/Cowboys (40%) Doubleheader Gm. 1	FOX	not available