On the first Sunday of NFL games following the election, both NBC and Fox saw their ratings rebound.

NBC announced that the 14.3 overnight rating for Seahawks-Patriots was the best Week 10 Sunday Night Football rating in five years, and a 13 percent increase from last year’s Week 10 games, which featured the Seahawks against the Cardinals.

Fox's telecast of the Cowboys' win over the Steelers was their highest-rated individual game of the season.