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For television executives, return of football is good news
Read full article: For television executives, return of football is good newsNEW YORK โ Pro football has probably never been more important to television executives than this year, and its return has them ready to do a happy dance in the end zone. CBS' five-game average for Sunday afternoon games was 13.59 million viewers, down 12 percent from 2019. With its two games, NBC dominated the prime time ratings, averaging 7.3 million viewers last week. Fox News Channel led the cable networks, averaging 3.23 million viewers in prime time. โFootball Night in America,โ NBC, 8.75 million.