The NFL was — as it just about always is — the biggest thing on TV in the fall. Every one of the league’s weekly broadcast partners saw an uptick in ratings for the just completed regular season compared to 2024.

With a number of record-setting games (and a change in the way Nielsen measures viewing), Amazon, CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC all saw their audience numbers grow year to year. Amazon, CBS and NBC are all claiming record years, and ESPN and Fox enjoyed sizable gains as well.

NBC’s Sunday Night Football is on track to be the No. 1 primetime show on TV for the 15th straight year, with a cross-platform average of about 23.5 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, up about 9 percent year to year. SNF had eight games with a cross-platform audience of 25 million or more this season, the most ever, and the streaming audience on Peacock (plus...See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News