THE NFL ON CBS Earns Highest NFL Rating for Sunday

By: Caryn Robbins Dec. 02, 2013

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 action (1:00 PM, ET) scored an overnight household rating/share of 12.0/25, up 18% from last year's 10.2/20 and was THE NFL ON CBS's highest-rated regional game in the metered markets since a 12.2/25 in Week 12 of the 2011 season (Buffalo-New York Jets as the high coverage game; 11/27).

Yesterday's 12.0/25 was THE NFL ON CBS's highest-rated regional game-to-date in the metered markets in the 2013 season. Regional games included New England-Houston, Tennessee-Indianapolis, Miami- New York Jets and Jacksonville-Cleveland.