Ratings

WEEK 3 OF “THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” ON CBS AND NFL NETWORK SCORES WITH OVERNIGHT RATINGS INCREASE OF +16% OVER LAST YEAR

Baltimore-Pittsburgh Earns Rating/Share of 13.0/22 in Metered Markets

TNF Season-To-Date Ratings Up +19% Overall

CBS and NFL Network’s broadcast of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL earned an average overnight household rating/share of 13.0/22 in the 56 metered markets, +16% from last year’s 11.2/19 for the third week of TNF, which featured the N.Y. Giants vs. Washington  (9/24/14).  

Last night’s Baltimore-Pittsburgh pregame and game coverage on CBS and NFL Network from 8:00-11:00 PM, ET averaged a primetime household rating/share of 11.7/20, + 9% from 2014’s 10.7/18 in week three.   

Last’s night primetime average rating on CBS and NFL Network beat each of the broadcast networks: +303% better than FOX (2.9/5), +193% better than NBC (4.0/7), and +86% better than ABC (6.3/10). 

Through the first three weeks of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, CBS and NFL Network’s game coverage has earned a combined overnight rating/share of 13.2/23, +19% from last year’s 11.1/19.

Last night’s game HH rating/share peaked at 14.7/29 from 11:30 PM-11:45 PM, ET.

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL will continue next week on Oct. 8 with Indianapolis at Houston.

 

RATINGS NOTE: CBS and NFL Network are reporting audience data for the game and related programming, the way it was sold to advertisers, as a gross rating from CBS and NFL Network.

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Jen Sabatelle  917/576-2435  jsabatelle@cbs.com

Jerry Caraccioli 212/975-7466  gwcaraccioli@cbs.com

Dan Sabreen  202/321-4195  dsabreen@cbs.com

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Andrew Howard 310/845-4579  andrew.howard@nfl.com