Colts-Chiefs Overtime Thriller is Most Watched Week 2 NBC Sunday Night Football Game Since 2015, Averaging 24.3 Million Viewers on NBC & Peacock
Colts-Chiefs audience peaked at 27.4 million viewers in second quarter. Indianapolis-Kansas City is 4th-most watched OT game in history of SNF on NBC.
September 23, 2026
The Kansas City Chiefs’ thrilling 33-30 overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts, a game that featured five lead changes and 852 yards of offense, averaged 24.3 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, based on Nielsen Big Data inclusive of first party data – marking the most watched Week 2 Sunday Night Football game since 2015.
The audience for Colts-Chiefs peaked at 27.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock in the second quarter (9:15-9:30 p.m. ET).
Colts-Chiefs (8:23-11:56 p.m. ET) is the fourth-most watched overtime game in 21 seasons of NBC Sunday Night Football (22 OT games) – trailing only three blockbuster rivalries: Packers-Cowboys (Week 4, 2025), and a pair of Tom Brady-Peyton Manning matchups (Patriots-Broncos Week 12, 2013 and Week 12, 2015).
