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“THE NFL ON CBS” SCORES SUNDAY’S HIGHEST RATING ON ANY NETWORK HIGHLIGHTED BY DENVER-PITTSBURGH GAME
THE NFL ON CBS’s coverage on Sunday, Dec. 20, highlighted by the national window (4:30 PM, ET) featuring Denver-Pittsburgh, earned the highest-rated NFL game of the day on any network, with an average overnight household rating/share of 15.9/29, +8% from last year’s 14.7/27 (Indianapolis-Dallas, Buffalo-Oakland; 12/21/14) in the metered markets. The other games featured in the window were Miami-San Diego and Cincinnati-San Francisco. The game rating/share peaked with an 18.2/31from 7:30-8:00 PM, ET. * * * * * CBS Sports Contacts: Jen Sabatelle 212/975-4120 ...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” AVERAGING HIGHEST VIEWERSHIP IN 29 YEARS, WITH 19.3 MILLION VIEWERS THROUGH 14 WEEKS
Through 14 Weeks, “THE NFL TODAY” Pre-Game Studio Show is Most-Watched in 18 Years Through 14 weeks of the 2015 NFL regular-season, THE NFL ON CBS is averaging 19.3 million viewers (Persons 2+), +2% from last year’s 18.9 million viewers. This year’s 19.3 million viewers is the highest number of average viewers through 14 weeks of the season for the AFC television package in 29 years. (As far back as CBS records go; 1987) CBS Sports’ pre-game studio show, THE NFL TODAY, is averaging 4.0 million viewers, +5% vs. 3.8 million in 2014 and is the highest viewer average for THE N...
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CBS HAS ALL EYES ON HISTORIC SUPER BOWL 50
CBS CORPORATION SURROUNDS EXCLUSIVE GAME BROADCASTWITH MULTI-PLATFORM COVERAGE ACROSS TELEVISION, CABLE, DIGITAL AND RADIO CBS at Super Bowl City, Located at the Foot of Market Street in San Francisco As CBS continues its countdown to its exclusive broadcast of SUPER BOWL 50 on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, the Corporation will provide extensive coverage of the event across its various divisions, including CBS Sports, CBS Entertainment, CBS News, CBS Sports Network, SHOWTIME Sports, CBS Sports Digital, CBSN, CBS Sports Radio, CBS Radio, CBS Television Distribution and CBS Televi...
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“THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” ON CBS AND NFL NETWORK SCORES WITH 12.0/20 RATING FOR GREEN BAY-DETROIT, AN INCREASE OF +50% OVER LAST YEAR
Eight-Game Package of TNF Games in 2015 on CBS and NFL Network Up +9% vs. 2014 THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on CBS and NFL Network continues its ratings roll with last night’s thrilling Green Bay-Detroit game, delivering an overnight household rating/share of 12.0/20, +50% versus an 8.0/13 for the comparable game last year on NFL Network and local over-the-air stations (Dallas-Chicago; 12/4/14) in the 56 metered markets. Last night’s game, which concludes the eight-game package of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL games airing on CBS and NFL Network, was also +35% higher than the 8.9/16 for San D...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” THANKSGIVING DAY GAME IS MOST-WATCHED NFL GAME-TO-DATE IN 2015 SEASON ON ANY NETWORK
CBS Sports’ Thanksgiving Day broadcast of Carolina vs. Dallas on Thursday, Nov. 26 (4:31-7:49 PM, ET), was the most-watched NFL game-to-date in the 2015 season on any network, with 32.5 million viewers (Persons 2+) according to Nielsen national ratings (Live + Same Day). In addition, Thursday’s Carolina-Dallas game was the most-watched Thanksgiving game of the day and most watched in 20 years for the AFC television package since 1995. The 32.5 million viewers is up +11% from last year’s 29.4 million (Chicago vs. Detroit; 12:39-3:56 PM, ET) and is the most-watched Thanksgivi...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” SCORES ITS MOST-WATCHED AND HIGHEST-RATED NFL BROADCAST OF SEASON HIGHLIGHTED BY NEW ENGLAND-N.Y. GIANTS
CBS Sports’ Week 10 coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Nov. 15, highlighted by New England’s 27-26 win over the N.Y. Giants (4:30 PM, ET), was the Network’s most-watched and highest-rated NFL game season-to-date in 2015, with an average viewership of 28.3 million (Persons 2 +) and an averagepreliminary nationalhousehold rating/share of16.3/30. The 28.3 million viewers is up +7% from last year’s 26.4 million for the comparable doubleheader window in 2014 (Miami-Denver, Washington-San Francisco; 11/23/14). The rating/share of 16.3/30 is up +5% from last year’s 15.5/28 and i...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” SCORES NETWORK’S HIGHEST RATING OF SEASON HIGHLIGHTED BY NEW ENGLAND-N.Y. GIANTS GAME
THE NFL ON CBS’s doubleheader coverage on Sunday, Nov. 15 highlighted by the national window (4:30 PM, ET) featuring New England’s last-second, 27-26, victory over the New York Giants earned the Network’s highest-rated NFL national window of the year-to-date with an average overnight household rating/share of 18.3/32, +5% from last year’s 17.4/31 (Miami-Denver, Washington-San Francisco; 11/23/14) in the metered markets. The other game featured in yesterday’s national window was Kansas City-Denver. The game rating/share peaked with a 22.9/36 from 7:30-8:00 PM, ET. The 1...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” AVERAGING HIGHEST VIEWERSHIP IN 29 YEARS, WITH 18.5 MILLION VIEWERS THROUGH EIGHT WEEKS
Through eight weeks of the 2015 NFL regular-season, THE NFL ON CBS is averaging 18.5 million viewers (Persons 2+), +5% from last year’s 17.6 million viewers. This year’s 18.5 million viewers is the highest number of average viewers for the first eight weeks of the season for the AFC television package in 29 years. (As far back as CBS records go; 1987) Through eight weeks of the 2015 NFL regular-season, THE NFL ON CBS is averaging a national household rating/share of 11.0/23, +5% from last year’s 10.5/22, and is the highest average rating/share for the AFC package in 21 years (11.8/...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” AVERAGING HIGHEST VIEWERSHIP IN 29 YEARS, WITH 19 MILLION VIEWERS THROUGH 7 WEEKS
Through seven weeks of the 2015 NFL regular season, THE NFL ON CBS is averaging 19.0 million viewers (Persons 2+), +9% from last year’s 17.5 million viewers. This year’s 19.0 million viewers is the highest number of average viewers for the first seven weeks of the season for the AFC television package in 29 years. (As far back as CBS records go; 1987) Through seven weeks of the 2015 NFL regular season, THE NFL ON CBS is averaging a national household rating/share of 11.2/24, +8% from last year’s 10.4/22, and ties 2010 as the highest average rating/share for the AFC package in 21 ye...