https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-ratings-rose-10-in-2021-season-notching-best-results-in-six-years-11642018351

Ratings for regular season games were up 10% in 2010, averaging 17.1 million viewers compared with 15.6 million for the 2020 regular season.

Great for the NFL on these ratings for the 2021 season

Baseball has turned into such a circus act that I suspect many would-be fans end up investing their beans in other sports.

41.5 million watched the NFL's Dallas Cowboys-San Francisco 49ers wild card playoff game on Sunday (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-saturday-sunday-jan-15-16-2022-1235077352/)

The Sunday afternoon game was the most-watched wildcard playoff game in seven years, when the Cowboys played the Lions. 40.16 million watched on CBS, while 1.33 million tuned in on Nickelodeon.