Game Averages 30.9 Million Viewers is Most-Watched Sunday Telecast of the Season

        THE NFL ON CBS’s broadcast of the Green Bay Packers win over the New England Patriots on Sunday, Nov. 30 (4:25 PM, ET) is the highest-rated NFL game of the season with an average preliminary national household rating/share of 17.6/32, up 5% from last year’s 16.7/29 (Denver-Kansas City, Cincinnati-San Diego).

         The rating/share of 17.6/32 is the highest-rated NFL regular-season game on any network in three years (17.6/32; New England-Denver on CBS; 12/18/11 and 17.6/30; Green-Bay- N.Y. Giants on Fox; 12/4/11).

         New England-Green Bay was seen by an average of 30.9 million viewers (Persons 2+), up 10% from last year’s 28.1 million and is the most-watched Sunday game of the 2014 season and is the most-watched Sunday regular-season game on any network in seven years (33.8 million; New England-Indianapolis on CBS; 11/4/07). 

          The average viewership and rating/share peaked for the Patriots-Packers game with 36.2 million viewers and a 20.3/34 household rating/share (7:00-7:30 PM, ET), respectively. 

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CBS Sports Contacts:    Jen Sabatelle            212/975-4120              jsabatelle@cbs.com

                                    Robin Brendle            212/975-1533              rlbrendle@cbs.com

                                    Jerry Caraccioli          212/975-7466              gwcaraccioli@cbs.com