After an increase in the overnights, final ratings slipped for Eagles-Rams on Sunday Night Football.
Eagles-Rams scored a 10.8 rating and 18.1 million viewers on the latest edition of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, down 3% in ratings and 6% in viewership from last year (Cowboys-Raiders: 11.1, 19.2M) and down 21% and 25% respectively from 2016 (Buccaneers-Cowboys: 13.6, 24.1M).
Philadelphia’s upset win was the lowest rated and least-watched Week 15 SNF game since 2015 (Cardinals-Eagles: 10.5, 18.1M).
It was just the sixth game on NBC this season to decline (17 total telecasts), and the fourth to hit a multi-year low.
The declines were a reversal from the overnights, which increased two percent.
SNF scored a 5.4 rating in adults 18-49, down 8% from last year (5.9) and down a third from 2016 (8.1). The 5.4 is the lowest for SNF in Week 15 of the season since 2007 (5.3). It had a 6.8 in adults 25-54, down 5% from last year and the lowest since 2013.
In adults 18-34, the game’s 4.0 rating (-11%) was the lowest for SNF in Week 15 since ESPN last held rights in 2005 (3.4).
Philadelphia led all markets Sunday night with a 32.7 rating, followed by New Orleans (24.0) and Virginia markets Norfolk and Richmond (16.1 in each). Los Angeles rounded out the top five with a 16.0, the market’s highest on record for a Sunday Night Football game.
The full list of Week 15 NFL ratings is available on the NFL ratings page.
[Numbers from Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily 12.18, NBC Sports PR]
