FOX narrowly avoided its first decline of the NFL season last week.
The Week 5 NFL singleheader window, featuring Saints/Bears, earned an 11.7 final rating and 19.6 million viewers on FOX last Sunday — up 3% in ratings and 1% in viewership from (11.4, 19.4M), and up 18% and 22%, respectively, from (9.9, 16.0M).
So far this season, all seven NFL telecasts on FOX have had an increase in ratings and viewership compared to last year.
Sunday’s singleheader window outdrew NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” (10.4, 17.7M). All three singleheader telecasts on FOX have topped the week’s corresponding Sunday night game.
(Week 5 rating/viewership from Sports Business Daily)
