‘NFL on CBS’ Hits Network Viewership Highs With Week 7 Game as Taylor Swift Continues to Cheer on Kansas City Chiefs
variety.comBreAnna Bell “NFL on CBS” scored strong viewership numbers with its Week 7 telecast, CBS says. As the Kansas City Chiefs took home another win this week, taking down the Los Angeles Chargers 17-31, the National Game delivered a historic high as CBS’ most-watched Week 7 game window in 10 Years with nearly 24.4 million viewers and was the most-watched program of the week on any network.
It also marks the most-watched week 7 regional game since 1998, when NFL programming originally returned to CBS, with almost 16 million viewers thanks in part due to the Bills-Patriots game, which took place at 1 p.m.
ET. With Sunday’s double header, the network averaged 19.732 million viewers for the evening. The NFL ON CBS delivers its best Week 7 viewership since the NFL returned to CBS in 1998, highlighted by Chargers-Chiefs at 4:25 PM ET with 24.377 million viewers pic.twitter.com/W3pffqU3Yg In comparison, the Kansas City Chiefs Week 5 game vs.
the New York Jets averaged approximately 27 million viewers on NBC across Peacock, NBC Sports Digital, and NFL Digital platforms and national TV household rating of 12.9/35.
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