National Game Coverage Featuring New England-Dallas Up 24%

         THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Oct. 11, featuring national doubleheader coverage (4:25 PM, ET) with New England’s 30-6 win over Dallas and Denver vs. Oakland was the highest- rated NFL game in Week 5 with an average overnight metered market household rating/share of 16.4/32, +24% from last year’s 13.2/25 (Kansas City-San Francisco, N.Y. Jets-San Diego).  Yesterday’s 16.4/32 was CBS’s highest-rated NFL broadcast this season in the metered markets.

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CBS Sports Contacts: Jen Sabatelle               212/975-4120              jsabatelle@cbs.com

                                 Robin Brendle               212/975-1533              rlbrendle@cbs.com

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