NBC begins its ‘Thursday Night Football’ coverage this season (in conjunction with NFL Network and Amazon) featuring an NFC West battle on Nov. 9 between the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals. Four potential playoff contenders face off in the early Sunday afternoon window on various Fox affiliates (check local listings): 45 percent of the […]
CBS returned its regularly-scheduled scripted lineup on the evening and won on Thursday among total viewers and adults 25-54. The time slot premiere of “Big Bang Theory” spinoff “Young Sheldon” continued to thrive for CBS, and showed much improvement in the time slot (81 percent retention; 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, from BBT’s 2.7) over recent […]
NFC South division rivals Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers square off in the early Sunday afternoon window on Fox while the AFC West-leading Kansas City Chiefs head into Dallas to take on the Cowboys in the late window on CBS. The Cowboys will be without recently suspended running back Ezekiel Elliott for the next six […]
CBS managed to win Thursday night with its final 2017 simulcast of NFL Network’s “Thursday Night Football” despite the Baltimore Ravens’ 40-0 rout over the Miami Dolphins. It was the least-watched CBS/NFL Network “TNF” telecast of the fall — 8.64 million on CBS, 2.723 million on NFL Network. But the combined 11.363 million viewers (and […]
Division rivals will be featured in two of the premier NFL windows this weekend: the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins will look to maintain in contention in the NFC East on Oct. 29 in the late afternoon window on Fox; the Oct. 30 edition of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” features AFC West rivals, the Denver […]
It was a Thursday night with the nation’s three major sports in action, but of course, CBS again won the night with its joint broadcast of Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders on “Thursday Night Football” with NFL Network. Cable Rankings – Thursday 10/19/17 What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time […]
The Oct. 22 edition of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” features a rematch of Super Bowl LI with the Atlanta Falcons versus the New England Patriots in Foxboro, Mass. Back in Feb., the Falcons took a 28-3 lead but the Patriots accomplished the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, winning 34-28 in overtime. This year, the […]
CBS again led Thursday night with its joint broadcast of Philadelphia Eagles at Carolina Panthers on “Thursday Night Football” with NFL Network. TBS network’s telecast of the deciding Game 5 of the “2017 National League Division Series” with the Chicago Cubs versus the Washington Nationals averaged 7 million total viewers and ranked as the top-rated […]
Made available for the majority of the nation in the late Sunday afternoon window on CBS Oct. 15 is a rematch of last season’s AFC Divisional Playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Entering this game, the Chiefs are the NFL’s lone undefeated team after five weeks while the Steelers are […]
