Wrapping up Week 12

After delays due to the Thanksgiving holiday, here is a look at how the NFL performed during Week 12.

The top game of Week 12 was Raiders/Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day, which drew an 11.6 final rating and 25.2 million viewers on CBS. The 25.2 million viewers is the fourth-most of the season for an NFL telecast on any network, not including games during Week 13.

The other Thanksgiving Day game, Packers/Lions, drew an 11.1 final rating and 22 million viewers on FOX. Packers/Lions was the third most-viewed game of Week 12, even topping Sunday Night Football on NBC.

On Thanksgiving night, Giants/Broncos drew a 3.0 U.S. rating and 6.1 million viewers on NFL Network, the second-most viewed NFL telecast ever on NFL Network.

Shifting gears to Sunday, the singleheader window on CBS (mostly Colts/Texans) drew a 9.9 final rating and 15.7 million viewers, down 5% and 6%, respectively, from last year’s comparable singleheader (mostly Jets/Titans).

On FOX, the regional window, featuring Washington/Eagles, drew a 7.6 final rating and 12.3 million viewers — flat in ratings but up 3% in viewership from last year’s comparable window (mostly 49ers/Cowboys).

The national window, featuring Bears/Vikings, drew a 14.3 final rating and 23.6 million viewers, down 1% in ratings but up 1% in viewership from comparable coverage featuring Giants/Cardinals last year.

Sunday night’s overtime Steelers/Ravens game drew an 11.5 final rating and 19.2 million viewers, up 21% and 27%, respectively, from Colts/Chargers last year.

Wrapping it up, Monday night’s Patriots/Saints game drew a 12.9 U.S. rating and 21.4 million viewers, up 74% and 88%, respectively, from Packers/Saints last year, and the second-most viewed program in the history of cable television.

Ratings and viewership for several Week 11 games, also delayed due to the Thanksgiving holiday, are still unavailable.

Ratings/viewership for NFL during Week 12

(Nielsen)