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

by Douglas Pucci September 26, 2017, 10:45 pm

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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.
Programming Insider Saturday, September 23, 2017
ABC 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
CBS 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
NBC 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
FOX 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
UNI 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
UniMas 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
Telemundo 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

“Saturday Night Football: Penn State @ Iowa” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.8/5
Men 18-34: 1.2/8
Women 18-49: 1.0/5
Men 18-49: 1.7/8

“Dateline Mystery” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.2/1
Men 18-34: 0.1/1
Women 18-49: 0.6/3
Men 18-49: 0.4/2

“College Football Extra” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.5/3
Men 18-34: 0.6/4
Women 18-49: 0.7/4
Men 18-49: 1.0/5

“College Football Pre Kick” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.5/3
Men 18-34: 0.7/5
Women 18-49: 0.7/4
Men 18-49: 1.0/5

“College Football: Notre Dame @ Michigan State” (Fox)
Women 18-34: 0.6/3
Men 18-34: 0.9/6
Women 18-49: 0.7/3
Men 18-49: 1.3/6

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

VWRS = Viewers, in thousands; LBL = Telecast label designations, such as O (original), P (premiere), R (repeat), S (special), B (breakout, e.g. different start time or interrupted coverage), G (gapped)
Net Program LBL A1849
L+SD
A1849
L+3
L+3
Gain
VWRS
L+SD
VWRS
L+3
L+3
Gain
ABC SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL O 1.38 1.39 0% 5262 5275 0%
CBS CRIMETIME SATURDAY 8PM R 0.36 0.38 4% 2710 2870 6%
CBS CRIMETIME SATURDAY R 0.38 0.41 7% 2414 2544 5%
CBS 48 HOURS R 0.54 0.61 15% 3695 4145 12%
NBC DATELINE MYSTERY O 0.46 0.54 15% 3319 3608 9%
NBC SNL PRIME-SAT R 0.44 0.48 8% 2233 2349 5%
FOX FOX CFB – BIG10 PRIME P 1.00 1.01 1% 3457 3487 1%

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)







Adult Swim 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
ProgrammingInsider.com
10:00 Family Guy (r) 0.64 1002 0.42 542
10:30 Family Guy (r) 0.77 1215 0.54 694

Programming Insider TOONAMI – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2017











Adult Swim 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
ProgrammingInsider.com
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





Adult Swim 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
ProgrammingInsider.com
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:

* Vwrs = Viewers in thousands; V-No. = Prime time rank in viewers; D-No. = Prime time rank in demo (adults 18-49)
V-No.* D-No.* Program Net Start Dur Vwrs* A1849
33 21 LIVE PD: POLICE PATROL AC A&E 8:00 PM 243 974 0.29
67 40 DRAGON BALL SUPER ADSM 8:00 PM 30 583 0.21
45 20 DRAGON BALL SUPER ADSM 8:30 PM 30 783 0.30
58 27 RICK & MORTY ADSM 9:00 PM 30 659 0.24
41 13 RICK & MORTY ADSM 9:30 PM 30 844 0.36
30 11 FAMILY GUY ADSM 10:00 PM 30 1002 0.42
20 3 FAMILY GUY ADSM 10:30 PM 30 1215 0.54
63 61 AMC MOVIE: ARMAGEDDON AMC 6:00 PM 180 612 0.17
70 99 PITBULLS & PAROLEES SPECIAL APL 7:59 PM 62 579 0.13
48 56 PITBULLS AND PAROLEES APL 9:01 PM 65 752 0.18
55 79 PB&P: HOUNDED APL 10:06 PM 64 689 0.15
72 69 BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK: 1982 BET 8:00 PM 105 568 0.16
84 79 BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK: LIFE BET 9:45 PM 180 430 0.15
89 69 BRAVO MOVIE: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY BRAVO 10:50 PM 156 395 0.16
83 32 COMEDY CENTRAL MOVIE: THE HANGOVER CMDY 8:00 PM 145 442 0.23
80 32 COMEDY CENTRAL MOVIE: THE HANGOVER PART 3 CMDY 10:25 PM 140 467 0.23
37 56 CNN NEWSROOM CNN 8:00 PM 60 919 0.18
53 79 DECLASSIFIED CNN 9:00 PM 60 704 0.15
67 90 PARTS UNKNOWN: MEXICO CNN 10:00 PM 60 583 0.14
77 61 GARAGE REHAB DISC 9:00 PM 120 512 0.17
62 69 PJ MASKS DISJR 8:00 PM 25 621 0.16
66 90 PJ MASKS DISJR 8:30 PM 25 595 0.14
70 90 MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE DISJR 8:55 PM 25 579 0.14
35 40 RAMONA AND BEEZUS DSNY 8:00 PM 115 942 0.21
36 56 RAVEN’S HOME DSNY 9:55 PM 25 930 0.18
34 55 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE DSNY 10:20 PM 25 961 0.19
31 46 BIZAARDVARK DSNY 10:45 PM 25 991 0.20
1 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: MISSISSIPPI STATE / GEORGIA ESPN 7:09 PM 187 2798 0.99
13 8 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD ESPN 10:16 PM 14 1411 0.48
7 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: UCLA / STANFORD ESPN 10:30 PM 235 1665 0.61
27 19 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: SYRACUSE / LSU ESPN2 7:00 PM 221 1060 0.32
81 69 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: HAWAII / WYOMING ESPN2 10:41 PM 196 455 0.16
78 69 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME: AUBURN / MISSOURI ESPNU 7:30 PM 190 503 0.16
57 40 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD 8:00 PM 30 668 0.21
56 36 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD 8:30 PM 30 674 0.22
60 27 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD 9:00 PM 30 647 0.24
64 46 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD 9:30 PM 30 606 0.20
52 40 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD 10:00 PM 30 713 0.21
49 27 DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES FOOD 10:30 PM 30 743 0.24
9 79 WATTERS WORLD FOXNC 8:00 PM 60 1626 0.15
4 79 JUSTICE W/ JUDGE JEANINE FOXNC 9:00 PM 60 1898 0.15
12 79 GREG GUTFELD SHOW FOXNC 10:00 PM 60 1500 0.15
58 25 SATURDAY MOVIE: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART I FRFM 7:30 PM 210 659 0.25
17 13 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: BIG 12: OKLAHOMA / BAYLOR (0.71 HH, 0.31 A18-34) FS1 6:36 PM 241 1254 0.36
28 18 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: PAC 12: WASHINGTON / COLORADO (0.60 HH, 0.29 A18-34) FS1 10:37 PM 173 1049 0.33
90 56 MOVIE DOWNLOAD: 22 JUMP STREET FX 6:00 PM 180 381 0.18
61 36 FX MOVIE PRIME: SPY FX 9:00 PM 150 640 0.22
18 61 HALLMARK MOVIE: AUTUMN IN THE VINEYARD HALL 7:00 PM 120 1230 0.17
2 16 HALLMARK ORIGINAL MOVIE: FALLING FOR VERMONT HALL 9:00 PM 120 2587 0.34
16 12 ASSASSINS CREED HBO 8:00 PM 116 1269 0.39
82 69 BREAK HBO 9:56 PM 6 447 0.16
51 27 WCB: 9/23/17 CANELO VS. GOLOVKIN (0.47 HH, 0.10 A18-34) HBO 10:07 PM 49 726 0.24
25 46 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT RENOVATION HGTV 8:00 PM 60 1101 0.20
25 46 BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT RENOVATION HGTV 9:00 PM 60 1101 0.20
22 46 HOUSE HUNTERS HGTV 10:00 PM 30 1179 0.20
21 61 HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL HGTV 10:30 PM 30 1214 0.17
47 56 PAWN STARS HIST 8:00 PM 60 754 0.18
42 46 PAWN STARS HIST 9:00 PM 60 818 0.20
50 69 WHAT HAPPENED TO MAURA ID 8:00 PM 60 739 0.16
44 69 UNUSUAL SUSPECTS ID 9:00 PM 60 789 0.16
39 46 SWAMP MURDERS ID 10:00 PM 60 864 0.20
74 90 MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT: GIRL FOLLOWED LIF 8:00 PM 122 554 0.14
76 79 MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT: BREAK-UP NIGHTMARE LIF 10:02 PM 120 536 0.15
86 90 MOVIE- LFT ACQUIRED RPT: TRAPPED SISTERS LMN 10:00 PM 120 426 0.14
100 90 MTV2 WILD N OUT MTV 8:00 PM 30 262 0.14
97 79 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT S9 MTV 8:30 PM 30 275 0.15
97 79 NICK CANNON WILDN OUT S8B MTV 9:00 PM 30 275 0.15
97 79 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT S9 MTV 9:30 PM 30 275 0.15
91 61 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT S9 MTV 10:00 PM 30 346 0.17
96 69 NICK CANNON WILD N OUT S9 MTV 10:30 PM 30 313 0.16
3 10 HENRY DANGER NICK 8:00 PM 30 2224 0.43
8 15 GAME SHAKERS NICK 8:30 PM 30 1651 0.35
14 22 THUNDERMANS NICK 9:00 PM 30 1317 0.27
24 25 HENRY DANGER NICK 9:30 PM 30 1154 0.25
40 32 FULL HOUSE NAN 10:00 PM 30 853 0.23
46 40 FULL HOUSE NAN 10:30 PM 30 768 0.21
67 61 COPS (O) SPIKE 8:30 PM 30 583 0.17
65 32 BELLATOR 183 MMA LIVE (0.34 HH, 0.20 A18-34) SPIKE 9:00 PM 181 598 0.23
32 16 THE BIG BANG THEORY TBS 8:00 PM 30 980 0.34
15 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY TBS 8:30 PM 30 1311 0.44
11 6 THE BIG BANG THEORY TBS 9:00 PM 30 1521 0.52
10 6 THE BIG BANG THEORY TBS 9:30 PM 30 1590 0.52
5 3 THE BIG BANG THEORY TBS 10:00 PM 30 1762 0.54
6 3 THE BIG BANG THEORY TBS 10:30 PM 30 1704 0.54
38 36 TNT BIG PICTURE MOVIES: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM TNT 8:00 PM 151 915 0.22
43 24 SAN ANDREAS TNT 10:31 PM 151 811 0.26
94 90 GHOST ADVENTURES TRAV 8:00 PM 60 339 0.14
54 22 GHOST ADVENTURES TRAV 9:00 PM 60 700 0.27
79 46 GHOST ADV POP-UPS TRAV 10:00 PM 60 485 0.20
95 69 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRU 9:00 PM 30 333 0.16
88 36 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRU 9:30 PM 30 398 0.22
85 27 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRU 10:00 PM 30 427 0.24
87 40 IMPRACTICAL JOKERS TRU 10:30 PM 30 405 0.21
73 90 MOM TVL 10:00 PM 30 564 0.14
75 79 MOM TVL 10:30 PM 30 549 0.15
29 90 NCIS USA 8:00 PM 60 1029 0.14
23 61 NCIS USA 9:00 PM 60 1170 0.17
19 46 NCIS USA 10:00 PM 60 1217 0.20
93 99 R&R PICTURE SHOWS: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA VH1 8:00 PM 150 342 0.13
92 61 R&R PICTURE SHOWS: THE NOTEBOOK VH1 10:30 PM 180 344 0.17

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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