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The full picture of the NFL's Week 1 television ratings has yet to be revealed, but early indications are that NBC's coverage of Thursday's season opener and Sunday night's Rams-Cowboys game saw significant viewership declines amid controversial player protests, while Fox's broadcast of Tom Brady's Buccaneers debut was a major success.

After drawing 22.2 million viewers for last season's Week 1 matchup between Pittsburgh and New England, NBC's Sunday Night Football audience dwindled to 14.6 million this week, according to multiple reports. Meanwhile NBC's broadcast of Thursday's opener between the Chiefs and Texans in Kansas City attracted only 19.3 million viewers, which marked a 12.3 percent drop from last season's Green Bay-Chicago opener.

Despite the ratings drop, the NFL's opener still averaged a 6.7 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, making it the most-watched broadcast since the post-Super Bowl episode of The Masked Singer in February, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It was also NBC's biggest audience since the 2020 Oscars, which drew 23.6 million viewers.

The best news for the NFL came during Sunday's second time slot, where the Saints win over Brady's Buccaneers drew 16.4 million viewers for CBS. The game marked Fox's highest-rated Week 1 matchup since 2016.

Will this trend continue throughout the season or will NFL ratings rebound? With nothing to do in many places and little to no competition on TV for ratings these games should be dominating....