Ratings

“THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” ON CBS AND NFL NETWORK WAS HIGHEST-RATED AND MOST-WATCHED PROGRAM IN PRIMETIME LAST WEEK

CBS and NFL Network’s broadcast of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on Thursday, Oct. 23, which featured Denver’s 35-21victory over San Diego, was the highest-rated and most-watched program in primetime for the week of Oct. 20-26, 2014.

The game earned an average national (Live + Same Day) household rating/share of 12.3/21 and was seen by an average of 20.2 million viewers.

This week, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL moves exclusively to NFL Network as the New Orleans Saints visit the Carolina Panthers on Oct. 30 at 8:00 PM, ET.

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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.

 

CBS Sports 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   

NFLNetwork:               Alex Riethmiller 310/840-4635  alex.riethmiller@nfl.com

                                    Andrew Howard 310/845-4579  Andrew.Howard@nfl.com