A ton of people tuned in Monday night to watch the Kansas City Chiefs beat the New England Patriots 26-10.
According to ShowBuzzDaily, the game on CBS peaked with an average number of viewers at a little more than 14 million. The game was played Monday night on CBS after getting postponed a day after Cam Newton tested positive for coronavirus. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
For a quick comparison, the numbers from this game easily crushed every game of the NBA Finals, which continue to spiral downward and hit record lows.
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I’ve ragged on the NFL’s ratings a decent amount this season because they haven’t always been pretty, but the numbers last night were popping.
More than anything, a lot of people probably felt like they were getting extra football because the game was delayed.
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Instead of the Patriots/Chiefs being played during a big Sunday slate, it stood with just “Monday Night Football.”
That means viewers didn’t really have options, and it was a bit of a treat because we don’t usually get two Monday night games.
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These monster numbers might actually encourage the NFL to schedule more double-headers on Monday nights going forward if people are this interested. Hopefully, the league keeps crushing it going forward.