The NFL returns to ratings dominance [View all]
New York(CNN Business) The National Football League bounced back to ratings dominance following a 2020 season that was disrupted by the pandemic — showing once again that pro football is still the biggest audience draw on television.
The league's viewership for the 2021 regular season was up roughly 10% overall from the year prior, bringing in an average of 17.1 million viewers per game on TV and digital. That is the highest regular season average since 2015, according to the league.
The league also noted that all its games gained more audience than TV's other top-rated broadcasts. During the regular season, NFL games accounted for 48 of the top 50 and 91 of the top 100 most watched telecasts.
"We've kind of gone back to where we would've been if we had not had the pandemic," Patrick Crakes, a former Fox Sports executive turned media consultant, told CNN Business.
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