This week’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ telecast was most watched game since 2018

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The numbers are in and show that the total viewership for the September 23 “Thursday Night Football” Presented by Bud Light Platinum game featuring the Carolina Panthers’ 24-9 win over the Houston Texans was 7.9 million viewers (TV + Digital) – surpassing last week’s New York Giants vs. Washington Football Team game to make it NFL Network’s most-watched exclusive Thursday Night Football game since 2018 (New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns, 2018 Week 3).

The 7.9 million viewers for Panthers-Texans on TV and Digital is up +35% versus last year’s Week 3 Thursday Night Football matchup between the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars (5.8 million) and up +25% vs. the 2020 NFL Network exclusive Thursday Night Football three-game average (6.3 million P2+). Panthers-Texans was television’s most-watched telecast of the day.

Here is the Thursday night football crowd in Houston. pic.twitter.com/Ma3z2fOMgB
— Vanessa Richardson (@SportsVanessa) September 24, 2021

Digital streaming across NFL digital platforms, Panthers and Texans mobile properties, and Yahoo Sports mobile properties delivered an average minute audience of 484K – up +26% vs. last year’s Dolphins-Jaguars game (384K).

The 2021 “Thursday Night Football” Presented by Bud Light Platinum season continues Thursday, September 30 when the 2021 No. 1 overall pick Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars travel to face 2020 No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals on the NFL Network. Pregame coverage begins with “TNF First Look” at 3:00 PM ET, followed by “NFL GameDay Kickoff” at 6:00 PM ET.

You can check out the record-breaking highlights from last Thursday’s game in the video below.

(Source: NFL)
(Cover Photo: Panthers vs. Texans, TNF, 9/23/2021 / Image credit: YouTube)