Fewer viewers tuned into last week’s NFL singleheader on CBS.
The Week 2 NFL singleheader window drew 16.7 million viewers on CBS last Sunday afternoon, down 14% from coverage featuring Seahawks/Chargers last year (19.4M) and down 24% from coverage featuring Washington/Packers in 2013 (21.9M), both of which aired on FOX. The rating was not immediately available.
The telecast was just the fourth of the season thus far to have a decline in viewership (14 telecasts), joining the Week 1 national window on CBS (-17%) and a pair of Monday Night Football games on ESPN.
Compared to last year’s first singleheader on CBS, which took place in Week 1, viewership increased 1% from 16.5 million. Overall, the telecast ranks as the most-watched singleheader debut on CBS since the network resumed airing NFL games in 1998.
It also topped Sunday’s early doubleheader window on FOX, which drew 15.3 million.
(Wknd. numbers via Sports Business Daily)
