Saturday Final Nationals: Record FS1 Audience for Cubs NLCS Clincher

Sports cable network FS1 dominated the TV landscape Saturday night with its coverage of the Chicago Cubs’ first National League pennant in 71 years as a result of their 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the “National League Championship Series.” The game delivered 9.706 million viewers and a 6.3 overnight rating, making it the most-watched and highest-rated telecast in FS1 history, according to fast national figures released by Nielsen Media Research.

Dodgers-Cubs 2016 NLCS Game 6 marks the most-watched LCS telecast on any network since 2010 (San Francisco Giants-Philadelphia Phillies on Fox 11.639 million). The game peaked at 12.213 million viewers on FS1 between 10:30 PM – 10:45 PM ET as Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman induced a double-play ball to end the series.

In Chicago, NLCS Game 6 delivered an astounding 25.8/46 metered market rating/share, FS1’s best ever for the market. Almost 1.1 million households within the Chicago market tuned in to the final inning of the game.

Los Angeles registered a 10.2/23.

Following the final out of the game, baseball fans stuck with FS1’s trophy presentation and postgame show airing from 11:00 PM – 12:30 AM ET, delivering a 2.27 metered market rating/share, its best this postseason.

On the digital front, FOX Sports GO’s average minute audience for the game was 110,506 viewers. Saturday night’s game delivered 273,000 total viewers on FOX Deportes, peaking at 397,000 between 10:30 PM – 10:45 PM ET. Overall, the 2016 NLCS is the most-watched LCS in the history of Spanish language television.

On FS1, the 2016 NLCS averaged 6.953 million viewers over the six games, up +80 percent from last year’s ALCS (vs. 3.854 million viewers) and +56 percent from San Francisco Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals NLCS on FS1 in 2014 (vs. 4.459 million viewers) that ended in five games. All ten of FS1’s most-watched events are MLB Postseason games, including eight (all of them involving the Chicago Cubs) from the 2016 postseason.

In late night, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” rose to a season-high in both metered-market households and adults 18-49 in the local people meters, scoring its best results for any October telecast in eight years. The episode, hosted by Tom Hanks with musical guest Lady Gaga, generated a 6.1 rating, 15 share in “live plus same day” household results from the 56 local markets metered by Nielsen Media Research and a 3.0/14 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters. For an October edition, they’re the highest “Saturday Night Live” overnights since Oct. 25, 2008 (7.1/16 in metered-market households, 4.0 rating in 18-49 in the local people meters with host Jon Hamm and musical guest Coldplay). Counting all “Saturday Night Live” telecasts, it’s the top-rated in metered-market households since Nov. 7, 2015 and highest in 18-49 in the local people meters since Dec. 21, 2013.

(Sources: Fox Sports, Jeff Nuich of CSN Chicago, NBC)

Ratings grids and sub-demos and cable information to come in next update…

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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S.
	Saturday, October 22, 2016
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			3.7/7	6425	1.3/7	1.7/7	2.1/7
8:00	Saturday Night Football Pre-Game (s)	247	94	2.7/5	4406	0.8/4	0.9/4	1.2/5
8:06	Saturday Night Football Ohio State @ Penn State (thru 11:55)	247	94	3.9/8	6478	1.4/7	1.8/7	2.3/7
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			2.4/4	3547	0.3/2	0.6/2	0.8/3
8:00	Crimetime Saturday MacGyver (r)	254	94	2.1/4	3203	0.4/2	0.6/3	0.8/3
9:00	Crimetime Saturday NCIS (r)	254	94	2.4/4	3625	0.3/2	0.5/2	0.7/2
10:00	48 Hours	254	94	2.6/5	3812	0.3/2	0.6/2	0.9/3
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.4/3	2180	0.3/2	0.5/2	0.7/2
8:00	Superstore (r)	240	94	1.0/2	1513	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.4/1
8:30	Movie Identity Theft (2013)	242	94	1.5/3	2314	0.4/2	0.6/2	0.7/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average			1.4/3	2347	0.5/3	0.6/3	0.8/3
8:01	Fox College Football Kickoff (s)	253	94	1.5/3	2439	0.5/3	0.7/3	0.8/3
8:11	Fox College Football Oklahoma State @ Texas Tech (thru 12:24am)	253	94	1.4/3	2343	0.5/3	0.7/3	0.8/3
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.6/1	1040		0.4/2
6:55	Crónicas de Sábado			0.8/2	1253		0.4/2
7:55	Fútbol Mexicano Querétaro vs. América (s)			0.6/1	1139		0.5/2
10:00	Crónicas de Sábado (s)			0.5/1	846		0.3/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.3/1	557		0.2/1
7:00	Cine Gran Hotel (1944)			0.3/1	523		0.2/1
9:00	Cine Acto de Valor (2012)			0.3/1	501		0.2/1

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Saturday 10/22/16

For the entire week of October 17-23, 2016 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is down 2 percent in viewership (0.911 million vs. 0.930 million) and down 4 percent among Adults 18-49 (533,000 vs. 555,000) from one week earlier; the network is also down -16 percent in total viewership (0.911 million vs. 1.079 million) and down -14 percent among Adults 18-49 (533,000 vs. 617,000) from the same week one year ago (October 19-25, 2015). (https://programmingins.wpengine.com/?p=12103)

	PROGRAM	HH	Viewers (000)	A18-49 rating
9:00	Bob’s Burgers (r)	0.53	887	0.35
9:30	Bob’s Burgers (r)	0.64	1079	0.44
10:00	American Dad (r)	0.82	1372	0.56
10:30	American Dad (r)	0.92	1443	0.58
11:00	Family Guy (r)		1589	0.64
11:30	Family Guy (r)		1698	0.75

TOONAMI – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
12:00a	Dragon Ball Z Kai	1423	0.66	851
12:30a	JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure	1094	0.50	645
1:00a	Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans	926	0.43	546
1:30a	Hunter X Hunter	887	0.42	539
2:00a	Naruto: Shippuden	863	0.41	532
2:30a	One Piece	761	0.38	483
3:00a	One-Punch Man (r)	740	0.37	477

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating
3:30a	Bob’s Burgers (r)	695	0.35
4:00a	Bob’s Burgers (r)	718	0.37
4:30a	American Dad (r)	751	0.38
5:00a	American Dad (r)	780	0.39
5:30a	King of the Hill (r)	845	0.42

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research