Saturday Final Nationals: A&E, Hallmark and Adult Swim Each Benefit on the Night

Further proof that Saturday night is the least desirable evening of television is that NBC led this one on Aug. 12 among total viewers with an average of just 2.34 million.

But three cable networks were able to experience some Saturday positives. A&E was tops on all of television among adults 18-49 (approx. 0.56 rating) and among adults 25-54 (approx. 0.73 rating) from 8-11 p.m., thanks to “Live PD” and Adult Swim was No. 1 among adults 18-34 (approx. 0.43 rating).

The Hallmark original movie “Summer in the Vineyard” (2.05 million viewers) starring Rachael Leigh Cook (“She’s All That”) was cable’s most-watched telecast of Saturday prime time.

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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S.
	Saturday, August 12, 2017
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.3/3	2038	0.2/2	0.4/2	0.5/2
8:00	America’s Funniest Home Videos (r)	260	92	1.5/3	2402	0.2/2	0.4/2	0.5/2
9:00	The $100,000 Pyramid (rs)	261	92	1.3/3	2113	0.3/2	0.4/2	0.5/2
10:00	In An Instant (r)	258	92	1.1/2	1600	0.2/1	0.3/1	0.4/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.4/3	2032	0.1/1	0.3/1	0.4/2
8:00	Doubt	254	92	1.2/3	1728	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
9:00	Doubt (f)	254	92	1.2/3	1801	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
10:00	48 Hours (r)	255	93	1.8/4	2566	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.5/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.5/3	2338	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.6/2
8:00	America’s Got Talent (rs)	242	92	1.3/3	2077	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.5/2
10:00	Dateline Mystery	245	92	1.9/4	2859	0.3/2	0.5/2	0.7/3
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-10	Network Average			0.5/1	746	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
8:00	Lucifer (rs)	255	92	0.5/1	793	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.2/1
8:59	Love Connection (r)	255	92	0.5/1	700	0.1/1	0.2/1	0.3/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.5/1	756		0.3/2
6:55	Crónicas de Sábado			0.5/1	916		0.3/2
7:55	Liga MX Monterrey vs. Guadalajara			0.5/1	829		0.3/2
10:01	Liga MX Necaxa m vs. Leon (s) (thru 12:02 a.m.)			0.4/1	593		0.2/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.3/1	551		0.2/1
7:00	Cine El Supersabio (1948)			0.3/1	448		0.1/1
9:00	Cine Una vida mejor (2011) (thru 11:30)			0.3/1	574		0.2/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average (preliminary)			0.4/1	591	0.1/1	0.2/1
8:00	Cine Monkey Kingdom (2015) (preliminary)			0.3/1	546	0.1/1	0.2/1
8:30	Cine Savages (1974) (preliminary)			0.3/1	523	0.1/1	0.2/1
9:00	Cine Savages (1974) (preliminary)			0.4/1	629	0.2/1	0.2/1
10:00	Cine Savages (1974) (preliminary)			0.4/1	620	0.2/1	0.2/1

Note: All of this date’s Telemundo data are based on preliminary figures.

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Saturday 8/12/17

For the entire week of August 7-13, 2017 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is down -1 percent in viewership (0.817 million vs. 0.823 million) and up +1 percent among Adults 18-49 (500,000 vs. 494,000) from one week earlier; the network is also down -16 percent in viewership (0.817 million vs. 0.973 million) and down -10 percent among Adults 18-49 (500,000 vs. 556,000) from the same week one year ago (August 8-14, 2016). (https://programmingins.wpengine.com/?p=18697)

	PROGRAM	HH	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
8:00	Dragon Ball Super (r)	0.41	622	0.23	299
8:30	Dragon Ball Super	0.50	751	0.32	414
9:00	Rick & Morty (r)	0.43	617	0.27	349
9:30	Rick & Morty (r)	0.52	808	0.37	469
10:00	Family Guy (r)	0.62	963	0.44	569
10:30	Family Guy (r)	0.71	1164	0.54	698

TOONAMI – SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
11:00	Dragon Ball Super (r)	901	0.41	531
11:30	Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters	844	0.39	498
12:00a	Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders	680	0.31	404
12:30a	Tokyo Ghoul	622	0.27	341
1:00a	Hunter X Hunter	567	0.26	332
1:30a	Lupin the 3rd: Part 4	459	0.19	248
2:00a	Naruto: Shippuden	501	0.21	273
2:30a	Ghost in the Shell (r)	389	0.17	222
3:00a	Attack on Titan (r)	365	0.17	220
3:30a	Samurai Jack (r)	299	0.13	170

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
4:00a	Rick & Morty (r)	323	0.16	202
4:30a	Rick & Morty (r)	330	0.17	218
5:00a	King of the Hill (r)	417	0.22	279
5:30a	King of the Hill (r)	490	0.24	314

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

Cable Rankings – Saturday 8/12/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Saturday, August 12:

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research