“Thursday Night Football” Earns Average of 13.0 Million Viewers and Rating/Share of 7.93/14

          For the 16 games of the 2015 schedule, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on CBS and NFL Network (and over-the air stations) averaged 13.0 million viewers, +6% compared to last year’s 12.3 million; and a national household rating/share of 7.93/14, +5% compared to last year’s 7.57/13 in 2014 on CBS/NFL Network and over-the-air stations making it the most-watched and highest-rated THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL season ever.   

         All eight THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL games on CBS/NFL Network during Weeks 2-8, & 14 resulted in the No. 1-rated and most-watched program on television in primetime for that night across all networks. In addition, the simulcast on NFL Network was the No. 1-rated and most-watched program on cable television for Weeks 2, 3 & 4.

          All six THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL primetime games on NFL Network and over-the-air stations (Weeks 9-16) were the highest-rated and most-watched program on cable television for each of the Thursday nights they aired. 

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

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

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

NFL Network:            Alex Riethmiller           954/599-4154              alex.riethmiller@nfl.com

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