Total viewership, according to the NFL, fell an average of 8 percent among its broadcast partners in 2016 compared to the 2015 regular season, a rally from pre-election numbers (Weeks 1-9) that showed overall viewership down 14 percent.

“Presidential elections have always had an impact on our ratings, so we were prepared for a dip this season,” Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s executive vice president of media, wrote in an email to USA TODAY Sports.

NBC saw an 11 percent spike in viewers for its Sunday night broadcasts after Donald Trump won the presidential election Nov. 8. CBS saw a 9 percent bump after the first nine weeks of the season.

Viewership for weeks 10-17 were off by 1 percent compared with the same time period a season ago, according to the NFL.

NBC’s Sunday night games saw a 12 percent ratings drop and a 10 percent drop in viewers compared to 2015, the best year since the network’s Sunday night package debuted a decade ago. Compared to 2014, NBC’s ratings are off by only about 5% this season.

Sunday Night Football will be the No. 1 prime-time show for a sixth consecutive year, edging the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (20 million viewers per episode).