Peyton Manning’s return to Indianapolis with the Denver Broncos proved to be a big draw in Orlando. The Colts’ win was the biggest TV draw last week.
Sunday’s Denver Broncos game against the Indianapolis Colts was the most watched sporting event of the week in Orlando.
The Colts’ 27-24 win over the Broncos, which aired on CBS, garnered 277,010 viewers crushing the head-to-head matchup with FOX’s broadcast of the New York Giants 32-18 win over Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The numbers are another example CBS-WKMG made the correct move back in Week One by airing the Ravens-Broncos game over the Titans-Bucs game as history has shown recently a game involving Peyton Manning is a bigger draw in Orlando than the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It was no different this time as Peyton Manning’s second return trip to Indianapolis to face off against Andrew Luck and the Colts proved to be a big draw in Orlando as it was the seventh most watched NFL game this season in Orlando.
Top 8 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- Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys: 302, 867 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 9 – Denver Broncos at Indianapolis Colts : 277,010 viewers ( 4:25. start on CBS)
- Week 3 — Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins: 271,952 viewers (4:25 p.m. start on CBS)
Sunday Night Football’s Philadelphia Eagles win over the Dallas Cowboys in overtime was the second most watched NFL game of the day in Orlando with 197,590 viewers edging out the Green Bay Packers-Carolina Panthers game which garnered 195,230 viewers.
Last week’s Monday Night Football game between the Panthers and Colts had 134,798 viewers.
