NFL viewership continued its upward trajectory in Week 3, with Fox leading the way.<\/p>\n
The network notched the most-watched game of the week for the second consecutive week, averaging 25.47 million viewers for the 4:25 p.m. ET window that featured the Chicago Bears-Dallas Cowboys game in 85% of markets, and the Arizona Cardinals-San Francisco 49ers game in the rest of the country. The window was nearly bang-on last year\u2019s season-to-date average of 25.66 million viewers.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, 25,473,000 average viewers watched America\u2019s Game of the Week featuring the @ChicagoBears<\/a> win over the @DallasCowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the second consecutive week, AGOTW remains the most-watched telecast of the week on any network. \ud83e\udd47 pic.twitter.com\/fP6Zt0BjWO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FOX Sports PR (@FOXSportsPR) September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Transitioning to Sunday night, NBC and Peacock scored 25.3 million viewers for Sunday Night Football, which featured the Kansas City Chiefs earning their first win of the season against the New York Giants. Per the network, it was the most-watched Week 3\u00a0Sunday Night Football contest in 20 seasons.<\/p>\n pic.twitter.com\/64o7pz8Oo2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBC Sports PR (@NBCSportsPR) September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n ESPN\u2019s\u00a0Monday Night Football captured a similarly impressive audience, earning 22.8 million viewers for the Detroit Lions\u2019 win over the Baltimore Ravens. The\u00a0ManningCast on ESPN2 contributed 887,000 viewers to the overall figure. Per the network, Monday\u2019s game was a top-4 audience across all\u00a0Monday Night Football games since 2006.<\/p>\n A big night in Baltimore\ud83c\udfc8@Lions<\/a>\u2013@Ravens<\/a> ranks as one of ESPN\u2019s most-watched Monday Night Football games ever\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n More: https:\/\/t.co\/WlHWZpuZTq<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/djPVQtKqJI<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) September 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Rewinding to last Thursday, Prime Video scored its third most-watched\u00a0Thursday Night Football game ever as the Buffalo Bills\u2019 win over the Miami Dolphins drew 16.45 million viewers, up 23% versus last year\u2019s comparable game (Patriots-Jets, 13.37 million). The telecast fell about one million viewers short of Packers-Commanders the previous week, which was the largest audience in the Amazon era<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfc8HUGE numbers for @NFLonPrime<\/a>! @MiamiDolphins<\/a> \u2013 @BuffaloBills<\/a> pulled in 16.45M viewers (+23% vs last year), ranking as the 3rd biggest regular-season TNF game ever on @PrimeVideo<\/a>. \ud83d\udcfa pic.twitter.com\/bqTTRQp97o<\/a><\/p>\n