Overview

• Games through Week 5 averaged 18.58 million viewers, up 8% from 2024 and 9% from 2023.
• The Week 2 Eagles–Chiefs matchup leads the season at 33.8 million viewers.
• CBS averaged 19.6 million for its Week 5 singleheader, the network’s best Week 5 since it regained NFL rights in 1998.
• Fox drew 20.3 million for its Week 5 America’s Game of the Week, helping lift the late‑afternoon Sunday slot by 3% this season.
• ESPN’s Chiefs–Jaguars averaged 22.3 million, the most‑watched Week 5 Monday Night Football game since 2006.