But the NFL actually had a pretty good weekend from a television ratings perspective, where it saw increases in three of Sunday's four NFL windows, according to information provided by NBC, CBS and FOX.
CBS had its best opening NFL single header rating in three years, drawing an average overnight household rating of 10.6 on its slate of five regional singleheader games. That's up 23 percent compared to CBS's slate of games in Week 1 last year.
FOX averaged an 8.9 overnight rating on its 1 p.m. regional games, up six percent compared to last year. In its 4 p.