Ratings: NFL on CBS, CFB on FOX, EPL

Last Sunday’s NFL singleheader (mostly Chiefs-Titans) averaged an 8.9 rating and 14.84 million viewers on CBS, the highest in Week 10 of the season since 2015 on FOX (11.6, 19.64M).

Ratings increased 6% and viewership 4% from last year on FOX (8.4, 14.24M) and 24% and 25% respectively from 2017 on CBS (7.2, 11.83M).

FOX averaged a 1.9 rating and 3.17 million viewers for last Saturday’s Iowa State-Oklahoma college football game, up 19% in ratings and 18% in viewership from last year (Texas-Texas Tech: 1.6, 2.68M) and up a tick and 7% respectively from 2017 (TCU-Oklahoma: 1.8, 2.96M).

The Sooners’ narrow win edged ABC’s competing Saturday Night Football game (Clemson-NC State: 1.6, 2.71M), marking the second straight week that FOX has taken top honors in primetime.

It also topped the Maryland-Ohio State Big Noon Saturday game, which had a 1.7 (-48%) and 2.58 million (-50%) — marking the second-straight week that Big Noon was not the top FOX window of the week.

In other action, FOX drew a 1.4 (-13%) and 2.32 million (-12%) for Iowa-Wisconsin; FS1 scored a 0.45 (+15%) and 728,000 (flat) for Baylor-TCU and a 0.33 (+38%) and 569,000 (+57%) for Illinois-Michigan State. The network also scored a 0.40 and 648,000 for Washington-Oregon State last Friday.

Coverage of the English Premier League has averaged 469,000 viewers on the NBC family of networks this season, up 8% from the same point last year (434K). Last Saturday’s Arsenal-Liverpool match averaged a 0.52 rating and 779,000 viewers on the NBC broadcast network, marking the season’s largest audience since September 14 (Manchester City-Norwich: 807K).

Last Sunday’s Manchester City-Liverpool match averaged a 0.45 and 733,000 on NBCSN, the top EPL audience on cable since September 1 (Tottenham-Arsenal: 780K).