CBS had a slight rise in ratings and viewership for NFL coverage in Week 7 of the season.
The Week 7 NFL singleheader window earned a 9.7 final rating and 15.803 million viewers on CBS October 23, up 4% in ratings and 6% in viewership from last year (WSH/CHI*: 9.3, 14.923M, FOX), and up 52% and 51%, respectively, from 2009 (NE/TB*: 6.4, 10.486M).
The telecast earned the second-best numbers of Week 7, trailing only the NFL national window on FOX (GB/MIN*: 14.6, 24.267M).
The Week 7 window was just the third of the season to have an increase in ratings and viewership on CBS (ten telecasts).
(This year’s numbers from TV By the Numbers)
