Denver-Seattle is the Highest-Rated NFL Game To Date

This from CBS. The rematch of Super Bowl XLVIII between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks really scored for CBS. The game in the national 4:25 p.m. ET window (along with Kansas City at Miami in some markets) garnered an amazing 15.8 rating with a 30 share.

That’s up 2% from last year’s Week 3 late game on CBS that featured Indianapolis at San Francisco and two other games.

Viewership averaged 27.3 million and that’s up 7% from last year’s 25.6 million in the same window.

The 4:25 p.m. ET national windows continue to lead the way in viewership through three weeks with a 15.3/30 number and 26.8 million viewers.

Here’s the CBS press release for your perusal.

“THE NFL ON CBS” SCORES HIGHEST-RATED NFL GAME OF SEASON ON ANY NETWORK HIGHLIGHTED BY DENVER-SEATTLE

NFL Sunday Afternoon National Games Continue to Lead All Broadcasts In Ratings And Viewers

CBS Sports’ Week 3 national doubleheader coverage of THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Sept. 21, highlighted by the Super Bowl XLVIII rematch between Denver and Seattle in overtime (4:25 PM, ET) earned a preliminary national household rating/share of 15.8/30 (Live + Same Day), which is the highest-rated NFL game-to-date (on a Live + Same Day basis) this season on any network, including primetime.

The rating/share of 15.8/30 is up 2% from last year’s 15.5/29 (Indianapolis-San Francisco, Buffalo-N.Y. Jets, Jacksonville-Seattle).

The game was seen by an average of 27.3 million viewers (Live + Same Day), +7% from last year’s comparable viewing average of 25.6 million.

Sunday’s national game window HH rating/share and viewer average peaked at 18.7/33 and 32.9 million viewers, respectively, from 7:30-8:00 PM, ET during overtime.

The 4:25 PM Sunday afternoon national games continue to lead all broadcasts in ratings and viewers. Through three weeks of the 2014 NFL season, the Sunday afternoon national games (4:25 PM, ET) have combined to average a national household rating/share of 15.3/30 (Live + Same Day), 19% higher than the average for the three Sunday Night primetime games (12.9/21).

The Sunday afternoon national games are averaging a season-to-date combined 26.8 million viewers (P2+, Live + Same Day), 23% higher than the 21.8 million viewers (P2+) for the Sunday primetime games.

That is all.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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