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“THE NFL ON CBS” DENVER-KANSAS CITY REMATCH TIES AS HIGHEST NFL RATING OF SEASON ON ANY NETWORK GIVING CBS TWO HIGHEST RATED GAMES OF SEASON
NFL Sunday Afternoon National Games Continue to Lead All Broadcasts In Ratings And Viewers CBS Sports’ Week 13 national doubleheader coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Dec. 1, highlighted by Denver vs. Kansas City (4:25 PM, ET), earned an preliminary national household rating/share of 16.7/29, up 20%, from last year’s 13.9/24, tying with Denver-Dallas (16.7/31 on 10/06 on CBS) as the highest rated NFL telecast on any network this season. The Denver-Kansas City game and the Denver-Dallas are the two highest-rated NFL games this season on any network. The 16.7/29 is th...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” EARNS HIGHEST NFL RATING OF DAY HIGHLIGHTED BY DENVER-KANSAS CITY REMATCH
NFL ON CBS’s Regional Game Window Scores Its Highest Rating Since 2011 CBS Sports’ Week 13 national doubleheader coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Dec. 1, highlighted by the Denver vs. Kansas City rematch (4:25 PM, ET), earned an overnight household rating/share of 17.4/31, up 14% from last year’s 15.3/28 (Pittsburgh-Baltimore, Cincinnati-San Diego, Cleveland-Oakland). The national doubleheader window this year also included Cincinnati vs. San Diego. The 17.4/31 is the highest-rated NFL game window of the day on any network, including prime time. CBS Sports regional ac...
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THE NFL ON CBS: WEEK 9 (SUNDAY, NOV. 3)
AUDIBLES WITH “NFL ON CBS” AND “NFL TODAY” ANNOUNCERS ON FIRST HALF OF SEASON HIGHLIGHT The CBS Television Network continues its 54th year broadcasting the NFL with coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Nov. 3 (1:00-7:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s one-hour studio show (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET), and THAT OTHER PREGAME SHOW on CBS Sports Network (9:00 AM-1:00 PM, ET) live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City. THE NFL ON CBS lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the action from the Pittsburgh Steelers-New England Patriots gam...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” COVERAGE OF DENVER’S WILD WIN OVER DALLAS SCORES HIGHEST RATED NFL GAME OF SEASON ON ANY NETWORK
Game Earns Rating/Share of 18.6/34 in Metered Markets CBS Sports’ Week 5 coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Oct. 6, highlighted by the Denver Broncos’ wild, 51-48, win over the Dallas Cowboys earned the highest rating of the NFL season-to-date on any network with an average overnight household rating/share of 18.6/34 in the metered markets. Yesterday’s game rating/share peaked at 24.4/41 from 7:30-7:45 PM, ET. The 18.6/34 also was an 18% increase from last year (15.7/29; highlighted by Denver-New England; Buffalo-San Francisco; Tennessee-Minnesota). In addition, the game...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” EARNS HIGHEST RATING IN 15 YEARS FOR WEEK 2 HIGHLIGHTED BY “MANNING BOWL III”
THE NFL ON CBS Scores Highest NFL Ratings of Day CBS Sports’ Week 2 national doubleheader coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Sept. 15, highlighted by the “Manning Bowl III,” Denver vs. New York Giants, earned an overnight household rating/share of 17.8/34, up 24% from last year’s 14.4/28 (N.Y. Jets-Pittsburgh, Tennessee-San Diego). The 17.8/34 is the highest-rated debut in the metered markets for the CBS National game in 15 years, since the Network re-acquired NFL broadcast rights in 1998. The 17.8/34 also was the highest-rated NFL game window of the day, including prime...
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CBS SPORTS’ GREG GUMBEL AND DAN DIERDORF VISIT WITH DENVER BRONCOS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, FOOTBALL OPERATIONS JOHN ELWAY ON “STATE OF BRONCOS” DURING HALFTIME OF ST. LOUIS RAMS-BRONCOS GAME ON CBS
THIS JUST IN… FROM “THE NFL ON CBS” (On Von Miller) ELWAY: Obviously we’re disappointed and I know Von is disappointed too. The number one thing we want to happen is to get Von going on the right track. And I think we have him going in the right direction. Obviously when you lose a great player like that for six weeks it’s going to affect your football team. But the team is ready to pick up the slack and understand he’s not going to be around. We’ll figure out ways to win without him. (On disappointment of leaks of news regarding Von Miller) ELWAY: It really ...
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DENVER BRONCOS EVP OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS JOHN ELWAY TO JOIN GREG GUMBEL AND DAN DIERDORF AT HALFTIME OF RAMS-DENVER PRESEASON GAME, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
THIS JUST IN… …FROM CBS SPORTS Denver Broncos Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway will join Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf at halftime of the St. Louis Rams-Denver preseason game on Saturday, August 24 (8:00 PM, ET), live on the CBS Television Network. The Hall of Fame quarterback will join Gumbel and Dierdorf in the booth at halftime at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo. to talk about the state of the Broncos. Mark Wolff produces the Rams-Broncos matchup, Bob Fishman directs. * * * * *
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CBS SPORTS ANNOUNCES BROADCAST PAIRINGS FOR 2013 NFL SEASON
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms Lead as No. 1 NFL ON CBS Announce Team In CBS Television Network’s 54th Season Covering NFL THE NFL TODAY Anchored by James Brown, Dan Marino, Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason and Shannon Sharpe The CBS Television Network begins its 54th year of broadcasting the NFL on Sunday, Sept. 8 (12:00 Noon-4:00 PM, ET) as Jim Nantz and Phil Simms lead THE NFL ON CBS into the Network’s 2013 NFL season. CBS Sports’ complete roster of announce teams for its 54th year of NFL coverage was announced today by Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports,and Executive Producer, THE NFL ON...
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“THE NFL ON CBS” MEDIA DAY LUNCHEON TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013 12:30 PM, ET
WHO: CBS SPORTS NFL TALENT INCLUDING PHIL SIMMS, DAN MARINO, SHANNON SHARPE, BOOMER ESIASON, BILL COWHER, DAN DIERDORF, DAN FOUTS, RICH GANNON, SOLOMON WILCOTS, STEVE TASKER, STEVE BEUERLEIN, JASON LA CANFORA, JAMES BROWN, JIM NANTZ, GREG GUMBEL AND MARV ALBERT AND CBS SPORTS EXECUTIVES SEAN McMANUS, CHAIRMAN, CBS SPORTS AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, “THE NFL ON CBS”; DAVID BERSON, PRESIDENT, CBS SPORTS; JOHN BOGUSZ, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SPORTS SALES; HAROLD BRYANT, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCTION WHAT: INFORMAL ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION OF 2013 NFL SEASON...