NFL Week 11 Overnights: League Down A Tick, As "SNF" Drops 9%

The Saints' 48-7 blowout win over the Eagles went to 98% of Fox marketsGETTY IMAGES

NFL ratings were down around 1% yesterday for the four Week 11 windows. Fox led the way with a 12.6 overnight for the Sunday national window, which featured the Saints' 48-7 win over the Eagles. That blowout went to 98% of Fox markets. Meanwhile, NBC last night drew a 12.3 overnight for Vikings-Bears, which had been flexed into that spot instead of Steelers-Jaguars. That figure was down 9% from Eagles-Cowboys on "SNF" in Week 11 last year. "SNF" still delivered NBC a primetime win among all nets. The game peaked early with a 13.1 rating from 9:15-9:30pm ET. Minneapolis-St. Paul led all markets with a 40.4 local rating, followed by Chicago with a 34.4. CBS had the singleheader window yesterday, drawing a 9.3 overnight. That keeps CBS' season-to-date average up 4% (Austin Karp, THE DAILY).

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RETURN TO FORM: In Boston, Ben Volin noted since the season began in September (through Week 10), the NFL has "accounted for 29 of the 30 top-rated television broadcasts, per the NFL, and ratings seem to be up every week." Volin: "Let’s call 2018 The Return of Traditional TV Broadcasts" (BOSTON GLOBE, 11/18).

ALL EYES NORTH? In Toronto, John Kryk noted the average Canadian audience size for NFL games through the first two months of the '18 season "rose 19% over last year." In Canada, average audiences through Week 8 grew by "double-digit percentages in each of five weekly NFL game time slots, year over year." Meanwhile, NFL COO Maryann Turcke said the league is "really happy with the technical performance" of DAZN, the NFL's streaming partner in Canada. Turcke: "A lot of things were improved, and it's a much better streaming experience this year" (TORONTOSUN.com, 11/16).