Cowboys-Redskins game draws record viewership for Fox Sports

Bob Hille

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Here are the tasty leftovers from Fox Sports' Thanksgiving Day broadcast of the Week 12 Redskins-Cowboys matchup. 

It was the most-watched regular-season NFL game in the network's history.

In a season during which falling NFL ratings have been a frequent topic of discussion, the game — which started at 4:30 p.m. ET —  averaged 35.1 million viewers, according to Fox Sports.

That translated into a 15.6/38 metered market rating, meaning 15.6 percent of all metered TVs were tuned to the game and 38 percent of TVs in use were tuned to the game.

The metered market rating was 14 percent better than Fox's 2015 Thanksgiving game, Eagles at Lions.

The Cowboys won Thursday's key NFC East game, 31-26.

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Bob Hille

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Bob Hille, a senior content consultant for The Sporting News, has been part of the TSN team for most of the past 30 years, including as managing editor and executive editor. He is a native of Texas (forever), adopted son of Colorado, where he graduated from Colorado State, and longtime fan of “Bull Durham” (h/t Annie Savoy for The Sporting News mention).