NFL Week 3: For Second Straight Week, Overnights Drop Slightly For Singleheader

Posted by | 09/24/2012 at 2:31 pm

Overnight ratings dropped slightly for the NFL singleheader window on FOX.

The Week 3 NFL singleheader, featuring Buccaneers/Cowboys in 32% of markets, earned a 12.2 overnight rating on FOX Sunday afternoon — down 2% from coverage on CBS last year (12.5), and down 13% from coverage featuring Cowboys/Texans on FOX in 2010 (14.0).

This is the second straight week overnight ratings have declined by just 2% for the singleheader.

Sunday’s telecast finished well behind both the NFL national window on CBS (14.9) and “Sunday Night Football” on NBC (14.3).

(Sunday’s numbers from Sports Business Daily)