CBS Wins Second Thursday of New Television Season with

“Thursday Night Football”

CBS and NFL Network’s broadcast of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on Oct. 2, which featured Green Bay’s 42-10 victory over Minnesota, earned an average overnight household rating/share in the 56 metered markets of 10.4/17, +96%from last year’s comparable game on NFL Network and over-the-air-stations within the two team markets (5.3/9; Buffalo-Cleveland; Oct. 3, 2013).

Through four games of the CBS/NFL Network schedule, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is averaging an overnight HH rating/share of 10.9/18, +56%compared to last year’s 7.0/12 for the games on NFL Network.  Green Bay’s 42-10 victory over Minnesota is the second-highest margin of victory ever for games on THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.  

Last night’s programming on CBS and NFL Network from 8:00-11:00 PM, ET averaged a primetime overnight HH rating/share of 9.9/17, +30% higher than last year’s overnight HH rating/share of 7.6/13 for CBS primetime programming on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013 (THE BIG BANG THEORY at 8:00 PM, THE MILLERS at 8:31 PM, THE CRAZY ONES at 9:01 PM, TWO AND A HALF MEN at 9:31 PM and ELEMENTARYat 10:01 PM).

CBS/NFL Network’s rating/share of 9.9/17 in primetime beat each of the broadcast networks: +29% higher than ABC (7.7/12), +175% higher than FOX (3.6/6) and +200% higher than NBC (3.3/5).

Last night’s game HH rating/share peaked at12.1/19 from 9:00-9:30 PM, ET.

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL continues next week on Oct. 9 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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CBS Contacts:  Jen Sabatelle             212/975-4120              jsabatelle@cbs.com

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

                       Dan Sabreen                212/975-5936              dsabreen@cbs.com

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