NBC couldn’t have asked for a better way to kick off the 2021 NFL season than Thurday night’s game between the Dallas Cowboys, “America’s Team,” and the defending Super Bowl champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Piloted by the Tom Brady, widely considered the greatest quarterback of all time, the Bucs came back to beat the ‘Boys 31-29 while at home in Tampa Bay, Florida’s Raymond James Stadium. Yes, there were plenty of reasons to fire off that giant pirate ship’s many cannons. So yeah, NBC easily topped Thursday’s primetime in TV ratings. The broadcast drew in 24.4 million viewers on NBC, making it the most-watched show on linear TV since the Super Bowl in February. When including viewers on Peacock, NBC Sports Digital and NFL Digital platforms, the 2021 Kickoff Game drew a total of 26.0 million viewers, a 20% year-over-year increase. Last year’s NFL Kickoff Game between...
- 9/10/2021
- by Tony Maglio and Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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