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NFL Shatters Viewership Records With 20% Surge to Start 2025 Season

The NFL is off to a historic start in 2025, with TV audiences up 20% in September and averaging 17.6 million viewers per game, an 8% rise from last year. The league owns 44 of the top 45 TV programs, led by games like Chiefs-Eagles (33.8M) and Cowboys-Eagles (28.3M). Analysts credit new Nielsen metrics and a growing U.S. population for the boom.