The Miami Dolphins’ blowout loss to the New England Patriots crushed the competition Thursday night in the Orlando television market.
Thursday Night Football dominated other television shows on Thursday night like the New England Patriots dominated the Miami Dolphins on the field.
The Patriots’ 36-7 win over the Dolphins on CBS garnered 246,879 viewers in Orlando making it the most viewed Thursday Night Football game aired on CBS this season. The game also garnered an additional 42,296 viewers on NFL Network in Orlando making it the most watched cable program in Orlando on Thursday night beating college football, NBA and WWE Smackdown among other programs.
The combine CBS/NFL Network viewers of 289,175 is the second most viewed football game in Orlando this NFL season behind only last Sunday’s New York Giants 27-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Four of the six most watched NFL games this season in Orlando has involved either the Patriots or the Dolphins.
To put the Dolphins-Patriots numbers in perspective, the Dolphins-Patroits game had more viewers in Orlando than Games One and Two of the World Series between the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals combined did in Orlando with 265,766 viewers.
CBS’s NFL Pregame show was the number two watched program in Orlando with 170,623 viewers. ABC’s ” Scandal” was distant third with 102,930 viewers. ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy which has beaten Thursday Night Football a few times this season in Orlando did not air on Thursday. Instead ABC aired “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”.
According to Orlando Sentinel’s Hal Boedeker, The Dolphins-Patriots game was also number one in Orlando among the 18-49 demographic in Orlando followed by Scandal, ABC drama How To Get Away with Murder, and WWE Smackdown.
Top 6 Most Watched NFL Games in 2015 season in Orlando.
- Week 7- Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants: 323,255 viewers (4:25 p.m. start on FOX)
- Week 8- Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots: 289,175 viewers (Thursday Night on CBS/NFL Network)
- Week 1 – New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys: 286,485 viewers (Sunday Night Football on NBC)
- Week 1 — Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots: 286,106 viewers (Thursday Night on NBC)
- Week 6 — New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts: 285,356 viewers (Sunday Night Football on NBC)
- Week 3 — Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins: 271,952 viewers (4:25 p.m. start on CBS)
Top 5 Thursday Night Football Viewership in Orlando in 2015.
- Week 8- Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots: 289,175 viewers
- Week 1- Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots: 286,106 viewers
- Week 2 – Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs: 202,059 viewers
- Week 3 – Washington Redskins at New York Giants: 183, 621 viewers
- Week 4 – Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers : 180,946 viewers
