Chiefs and Seahawks NFL Game Draws 26 Point 3 Million Viewers

NBC announced that Sunday night's NFL matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks averaged 26.3 million viewers, marking a 13-year high for Week 7.

FTMQ Sports, written by our newsroom28 October 2026 at 00:080 views

The Week 7 National Football League game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Seattle Seahawks drew an average audience of 26.3 million viewers on Sunday night. ProFootballTalk, Yahoo Sports, and NBC Sports all reported the viewership figures announced by network broadcaster NBC. [1][2][3]

ProFootballTalk reported that the broadcast represented the largest Week 7 Sunday night audience for the network since 2013. Viewership for the game peaked at 29.0 million viewers between 9:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Eastern Time. [1]

The matchup featured the previously unbeaten Chiefs facing off against the defending Super Bowl champions. The previous Week 7 audience high occurred in 2013, when Peyton Manning's return to play in Indianapolis generated 27.0 million viewers on Sunday Night Football, ProFootballTalk reported. [1]

NBC's Week 7 Chiefs-Seahawks broadcast averaged 26.3 million viewers.
The audience peaked at 29.0 million viewers between 9:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Eastern Time.
The game delivered the highest Week 7 Sunday night NFL viewership total since 2013.

Sources

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[1]Chiefs-Seahawks attracts 26.3 million viewers on Sunday nightProFootballTalk, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]Chiefs-Seahawks attracts 26.3 million viewers on Sunday nightYahoo Sports Top, 1h ago
[3]Chiefs-Seahawks attracts 26.3 million viewers on Sunday nightNBC Sports, 1h ago

Background

[4]Thursday Night Football on Wikipedia
[5]List of Victorious episodes on Wikipedia
[6]Sunday on Grokipedia

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