Packers-Patriots on Fox leads Week 9 with 25.7 million

Published November 12, 2026 05:53 AM As NFL games go, the 4:25 p.m. ET window routinely has the biggest audience of the week — larger than any prime-time game.That was true on Sunday, when 25.7 million on average tuned in for the window headlined by the Packers shredding the Patriots, 45-27.It was the most-watched telecast of the week on any network, besting the Bills-Vikings game on Monday night by 4.0 million.As the NFL is looks for more windows, and potentially heads toward more Wednesday night (and possibly Tuesday night) games, 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday continues to be the best slot. Currently, that window is shared by CBS and Fox, with one or the other having the game in most weeks. (A few times per year, they both have 4:25 p.m. ET games on the same day.) With all windows (except for Monday night, which is available a year later) opening up in 2030, it will be interesting to see whether the NFL decides to stop splitting all of Sunday afternoon between two networks and selling 4:25 p.m. ET as a weekly package.Given the audiences generated by that window, it would easily generate the biggest rights fee of any of them.