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NFL ON CBS
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“THE NFL ON CBS” SCORES HIGHEST-RATED NFL GAME OF WEEKEND
National Window Highlighted by Denver-Seattle Earns Overnight Rating/Share of 16.9/32 CBS Sports’ Week 3 national doubleheader coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Sept. 21, highlighted by Super Bowl XLVIII rematch Denver-Seattle in overtime, was the highest-rated NFL game of the weekend on any network earning an average household rating/share of 16.9/32, up 16% from last year’s 14.6/28 (Indianapolis-San Francisco, Buffao-N.Y. Jets, Jacksonville-Seattle) in the metered markets. Yesterday’s national game window HH rating/share peaked at 21.0/36 from 7:30-8:00 PM, ET during overtim...
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NFL ON CBS
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“THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” ON CBS AND NFL NETWORK WINS IN PRIMETIME WITH VIEWERS AND RATINGS
CBS and NFL Network’s broadcast of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on Thursday, Sept. 18, which featured Atlanta’s lopsided 56-14 victory over Tampa Bay, gave CBS and NFL Network a dominant primetime win. Last night’s programming on CBS and NFL Network in primetime from 8:00-11:00 PM, ET averaged 11.8 million viewers, which beat the combined delivery of the other broadcast networks, NBC, ABC and FOX, by +15% (11.8 million vs. 10.3 million). Atlanta’s 42-point victory over Tampa Bay, which saw the Falcons jump out to a 35-0 halftime lead, registered as the largest point differenti...
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THIS JUST IN… FROM “THE NFL TODAY” ON CBS
“SIR CHARLES” AND JIM ROME TO VISIT “THE NFL TODAY” IN WEEK 2 Week 2 on THE NFL TODAY on Sunday, Sept. 14 (12:00 Noon-1:00 PM, ET) features special in-studio guests as Basketball Hall of Famer and Turner Sports’ Charles Barkley and popular host of CBS Sports Network’s show ROME Jim Rome joins host James Brown, and analysts Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Tony Gonzalez and Bart Scott on the desk to talk football live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. * * * * * CBS Sports Contacts in-studio: 212/975-1796 ...
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NFL ON CBS
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THE PREMIERE OF "THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" SCORES CBS'S LARGEST PRIMETIME THURSDAY AUDIENCE SINCE 2007 AND BEST ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS 25-54 RATINGS ON THE NIGHT SINCE 2006
CBS Posts Best Thursday Primetime Men Demos Since 2001 Pittsburgh at Baltimore Delivers Nearly 21 Million Viewers and 7.5 in Adults 18-49 The premiere of CBS and NFL Network's THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL delivered the Network's largest primetime Thursday audience since 2007 and its best adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 ratings since 2006, according to Nielsen time adjusted fast nationals for Sept. 11. From 8:00-11:00 PM, CBS averaged 19.44m viewers, 7.7 in adults 25-54, 6.9 in adults 18-49, 10.1 in men 25-54 and 9.2 in men 18-49. This is the network's largest Thursday primetime ...
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NFL ON CBS
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“THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” ON CBS AND NFL NETWORK SCORES WITH AN AVERAGE OF 20.8 MILLION VIEWERS, +89% FROM A YEAR AGO
Pittsburgh-Baltimore Game Posts Best Thursday Primetime Viewers and Ratings on CBS Since 2007 CBS and NFL Network’s debut broadcast of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on Thursday, Sept. 11 featuring Pittsburgh-Baltimore was seen by an average of 20.8 million viewers (Live + Same Day), +89% from last year’s comparable viewing average of 11.0 million on NFL Network (N.Y. Jets-New England; 9/12/13). “The debut of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on network television exceeded our ratings expectations,” said Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports. “From a ratings, sales and production standpoint we could not be ...
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NFL ON CBS
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“THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” ON CBS AND NFL NETWORK MORE THAN DOUBLES OPENING NIGHT RATINGS FROM A YEAR AGO
Pittsburgh-Baltimore Rating +108% from Last Year CBS and NFL Network’s debut broadcast of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL earned an overnight household rating/share of 13.7/23, +108% from last year’s comparable game on NFL Network (from 6.6/12; N.Y. Jets-New England; 9/12/13) in the 56 metered markets. Last night’s programming on CBS and NFL Network from 8:00-11:00 PM averaged a primetime household rating/share of 12.9/22, which was +215% higher than the comparable CBS primetime programming a year ago (from 4.1/7). CBS’s primetime programming on Sept. 12, 2013 was BIG BANG THEORY repeat (8:0...
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CBS Sports
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TOUCHDOWN! CBS SCORES WITH NFL LEGENDS GUEST STARRING ON PRIMETIME DRAMAS THIS FALL
Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason, Tony Gonzalez and Eric Dickerson to Appear in “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods,” “NCIS” and “Hawaii Five-0” CBS Primetime dramas will get into the football spirit this fall when NFL greats Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason, Tony Gonzalez and Eric Dickerson guest star in ELEMENTARY, BLUE BLOODS, NCIS and HAWAII FIVE-0. Following are details regarding their guest appearances (in order of airdate): NCIS – Tony Gonzalez Tony Gonzalez, analyst for THE NFL TODAY on CBS and contributor to the Network’s inaugural coverage of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTB...
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NFL ON CBS
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“THE NFL ON CBS” SCORES MOST-WATCHED NFL SINGLEHEADER GAME DEBUT IN 16 YEARS
16.5 Million Viewers Watch NFL ON CBS Week 1 Coverage THE NFL ON CBS’s Week 1 regional coverage on Sunday, Sept. 7 was seen by an average of 16.5 million viewers, the most-watched NFL singleheader game debut on CBS in 16 years (previous high was 16.2 million in 2010). Sunday's 16.5 million viewers was up 6% from last year’s 15.5 million, and up 11% from 14.9 million in 2012. THE NFL ON CBS’s coverage was highlighted by New England-Miami, Oakland-New York Jets, Tennessee-Kansas City, Cleveland-Pittsburgh, Cincinnati-Baltimore and Jacksonville-Philadelphia. THE NFL ON CBS Week 1 cove...
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*** THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL*** KICKOFF CALL
MONDAY, SEPT. 8 (2:00 PM, ET/11:00 AM, PT) DIAL: (719) 457-2664 CBS Sports and NFL Network will host a THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL conference call on Monday, Sept. 8 (2:00 PM, ET/11:00 AM, PT) featuring Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports, and Executive Producer of THE NFL ON CBS, Brian Rolapp, EVP of Media, NFL, the Thursday Night Football announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, and studio analysts Deion Sanders and Bill Cowher. The Thursday Night Football schedule kicks off on Sept. 11 with Pittsburgh at Baltimore. Nantz and Simms call the action along with sideline rep...