CBS Pushing To Extend Current TV Contract With NFL

CBS is pushing to extend their current deal with the NFL.

Their current contract runs through the 2022 season.

CBS has been “very good for the NFL,” said Sean McManus, chairman of CBS Sports.

“I think they love the reach of broadcast,” said Joseph Ianniello, CBS’s president and acting chief executive, of whether NFL might take a major package of games off broadcast television. “I don’t think you ever want to cut off your core audience.”

Ratings this season were up 5 percent for the NFL.