Saturday Final Nationals: ABC Continues to Lead Prime Time with College Football

For the fourth consecutive week of the college football season, “Saturday Night Football” helped ABC win Saturday night among households, viewers and all key male and adult demos (males 18-34, males 18-49, males 25-54, adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54).

Penn State at Iowa delivered a total live audience (TV and streaming) of 5,341,000 viewers, up 40 percent from last season’s week 4 SNF game (Stanford at UCLA).

The telecast peaked at 7,948,000 TV viewers (11-11:15 p.m.) as Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley found wide receiver Juwan Johnson for the game-winning touchdown as time expired.

(Source: ESPN)

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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S.
	Saturday, September 23, 2017
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			3.0/6	5180	1.0/6	1.4/7	1.7/7
7:36	Saturday Night Football Penn State @ Iowa (thru 11:21)	260	92	3.1/6	5259	1.0/6	1.4/7	1.7/6
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			1.9/4	2939	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.6/2
8:00	Crimetime Saturday NCIS: New Orleans (r)	256	92	1.8/4	2709	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.5/2
9:00	Crimetime Saturday Criminal Minds (r)	255	92	1.6/3	2413	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.6/2
10:00	48 Hours (r)	255	92	2.5/5	3695	0.3/2	0.5/2	0.8/3
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			2.0/4	2953	0.2/1	0.5/2	0.7/3
8:00	Dateline Mystery	245	92	2.3/5	3319	0.2/1	0.5/2	0.7/3
10:00	Saturday Night Live (r)	243	92	1.5/3	2221	0.2/1	0.4/2	0.6/2
	PROGRAM	AFF*	CVG* (PCT)	HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			2.3/5	3706	0.8/5	1.1/6	1.3/5
7:48	College Football Extra	254	92	1.8/4	2921	0.5/4	0.8/4	1.0/4
8:12	College Football Pre-Kick			1.8/4	3076	0.6/4	0.9/5	1.1/4
8:17	College Football Notre Dame @ Michigan State (thru 11:52)	254	92	2.1/4	3456	0.7/5	1.0/5	1.2/4
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.6/1	950	0.2/1	0.3/1
7:00	Unidos Por Los Nuestros (s)			0.6/1	929	0.3/2	0.3/2
8:00	Unidos Por Los Nuestros (s) (thru 11:00 p.m.)			0.6/1	950	0.2/1	0.3/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.3/1	525		0.2/1
7:05	Cine ¡A Volar Joven! (1947)			0.3/1	584		0.2/1
9:05	Cine La leyenda de Sherwood (2009) (thru 11:05 p.m.)			0.2/0	446		0.2/1
	PROGRAM			HH/Share	Viewers (000)	Adults 18-34	Adults 18-49	Adults 25-54
8-11	Network Average			0.4/1	709	0.2/1	0.3/1
7:00	Cine Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)			0.3/1	603	0.2/1	0.2/1
9:00	Cine Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)			0.4/1	732	0.2/1	.3/1
9:00	Cine Shooter (2007) (preliminary)			0.4/1	684	0.2/1	0.2/1
10:00	Cine Shooter (2007) (preliminary)			0.4/1	725	0.2/1	0.3/1

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

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Saturday 9/23/17

Live+3 Days Ratings – Saturday 9/23/17

For the entire week of September 18-24, 2017 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is down 5 percent in viewership (0.801 million vs. 0.842 million) and down 7 percent among Adults 18-49 (503,000 vs. 540,000) from one week earlier; the network is also down 15 percent in viewership (0.801 million vs. 0.942 million) and down 7 percent among Adults 18-49 (503,000 vs. 542,000) from the same week one year ago (September 19-25, 2016). (https://programmingins.wpengine.com/?p=19544)

	PROGRAM	HH	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
8:00	Dragon Ball Super (r)	0.38	583	0.21	267
8:30	Dragon Ball Super	0.48	783	0.30	393
9:00	Rick & Morty (r)	0.44	659	0.24	311
9:30	Rick & Morty (r)	0.56	844	0.36	459
10:00	Family Guy (r)	0.64	1002	0.42	542
10:30	Family Guy (r)	0.77	1215	0.54	694

TOONAMI – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
11:00	Dragon Ball Super (r)	938	0.42	547
11:30	Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters	827	0.38	491
12:00a	Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders	740	0.36	460
12:30a	Tokyo Ghoul	662	0.32	412
1:00a	Hunter X Hunter	499	0.23	293
1:30a	Lupin the 3rd: Part 4	454	0.20	263
2:00a	Naruto: Shippuden	456	0.21	271
2:30a	Outlaw Star	405	0.18	233
3:00a	Cowboy Bebop (r)	442	0.20	261
3:30a	Attack on Titan (r)	447	0.19	246

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
4:00a	Rick & Morty (r)	441	0.21	272
4:30a	Rick & Morty (r)	523	0.26	333
5:00a	King of the Hill (r)	534	0.26	337
5:30a	King of the Hill (r)	570	0.30	381

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

Cable Rankings – Saturday 9/23/17
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Saturday, September 23:

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research