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CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF NFL FOR WEEK 3 UP 4% OVER 2016

 

September 25, 2017

CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF NFL FOR WEEK 3 UP 4% OVER 2016

REGIONAL COVERAGE UP 11%

THE NFL TODAY” SCORES BEST RATING SINCE 2010

NATIONAL GAME SCORES HIGHEST RATING OF WEEKEND

THE NFL ON CBS overall game coverage on Sunday, Sept. 24 is up +4% from last year’s Week 3 coverage, averaging a rating/share of 11.9/25 vs. 11.4/23 in 2016 in the metered markets.

THE NFL ON CBS’s regional window (1:03 PM, ET) earned an average overnight metered market HH rating/share of 10.0/22, +11% from last year’s Week 3.

THE NFL ON CBS national game coverage (4:25 PM, ET) with Green Bay’s 27-24 overtime win over Cincinnati and Kansas City vs. Los Angeles Chargers was the highest-rated NFL game on any network in Week 3 with an average overnight metered market household rating/share of 13.8/27, -1% from last year’s 13.9/26 in Week 3, and up +1% from the comparable CBS doubleheader in Week 2 last year.

THE NFL TODAY scored its best rating/share since 2010 earning an overnight HH rating/share of 3.2/8, +33% from last year’s 2.4/6.

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