Thanks to increased availability across the nation (except for Bright House, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable and some other cable providers), NFL Network saw its highest viewership for a Thanksgiving Night game since it started airing live action in 2006. Just over 7 million people watched the Cincinnati Bengals’ poor effort against the New York Jets. That figure does not count the over the air audience from the New York and Cincinnati markets. Here’s the press release.
BENGALS-JETS ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL MOST-WATCHED NFL NETWORK THANKSGIVING GAMEThursday Night Football viewership on record pace, up 37 percent from 2009Last night’s Cincinnati Bengals-New York Jets game on NFL Network was watched by an average of 7.1 million viewers (not including over-the-air stations in Cincinnati and New York) – to rank as the most-watched Thanksgiving game in the five seasons of Thursday Night Football.NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football is averaging 5.9 million cable viewers this season — its best mark through three games and up 37 percent from last year (4.3 million viewers).With 7.1 million viewers (not including OTAs), Bengals-Jets is the third-most watched game in the five years of Thursday Night Football on NFL Network behind Dallas-New Orleans on Dec. 19, 2009 (10.5 million viewers) and Green Bay-Dallas on Nov. 29, 2007 (10.1 million viewers).Thursday Night Football continues with the Houston Texans at Philadelphia Eagles next Thursday, Dec. 2 at 8:00 PM ET. The Thursday Night Kickoff pregame show begins at 6:00 PM ET.
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