CBS dominated Saturday night with the college football matchup of perennial Southeastern Conference rivals “Alabama Crimson Tide at LSU Tigers.” Alabama’s 10-0 win in Baton Rouge delivered 10.385 million viewers which was the most-watched college football game on TV since ABC’s Notre Dame-Texas on Sep. 4 (10.945 million) which had taken place on the season’s opening weekend.
Alabama-LSU (3.1) was a mere two-tenths below Notre Dame-Texas from Sep. 4 (3.3) in the adults 18-49 ratings.
In metered market ratings, Alabama-LSU on CBS peaked at a 7.5 rating/13 share in the 10:30-11:00 p.m. ET.
“Saturday Night Football: Nebraska @ Ohio State” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.8/4
Men 18-34: 1.1/6
Women 18-49: 1.2/4
Men 18-49: 1.7/7
“College Football: Alabama @ LSU” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 1.8/9
Men 18-34: 3.3/17
Women 18-49: 2.3/9
Men 18-49: 4.0/16
“Breeders Cup” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.3/1
Men 18-34: 0.2/1
Women 18-49: 0.3/1
Men 18-49: 0.3/1
“Dateline Mystery” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.3/2
Men 18-34: 0.2/1
Women 18-49: 0.6/2
Men 18-49: 0.4/1
“Movie: The Mistletoe Christmas” (Hallmark)
2.51 household rating
3.896 million viewers
Women 18-34: 0.57
Men 18-34: 0.19
Women 18-49: 1.05
Men 18-49: 0.29
“Movie: Who Killed JonBenet?” (Lifetime)
0.82 household rating
1.327 million viewers
Women 18-34: 0.59
Men 18-34: 0.19
Women 18-49: 0.65
Men 18-49: 0.22
“JonBenet Special” (Lifetime)
0.71 household rating
1.119 million viewers
Women 18-34: 0.49
Men 18-34: 0.20
Women 18-49: 0.52
Men 18-49: 0.20
“College Football: Oregon @ USC” (ESPN, 6:59-10:38)
0.93 household rating
1.477 million viewers
Women 18-34: 0.26
Men 18-34: 0.60
Women 18-49: 0.28
Men 18-49: 0.60
“College Football: Washington @ California” (ESPN, 10:38 p.m.-2:06 a.m.)
1.24 household rating
2.007 million viewers
Women 18-34: 0.26
Men 18-34: 0.65
Women 18-49: 0.36
Men 18-49: 0.93
“College Football: Kansas @ West Virginia” (ESPN2, 7:05-10:47)
0.43 household rating
0.827 million viewers
Women 18-34: 0.14
Men 18-34: 0.40
Women 18-49: 0.13
Men 18-49: 0.40
“College Football: Florida State @ North Carolina State” (ESPNU, 7:00-10:38)
0.47 household rating
0.828 million viewers
Women 18-34: 0.08
Men 18-34: 0.22
Women 18-49: 0.15
Men 18-49: 0.31
“UFC Fight Night Prelim: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson” (FS1)
0.37 household rating
0.668 million viewers
Women 18-34: 0.15
Men 18-34: 0.26
Women 18-49: 0.19
Men 18-49: 0.40
“UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson” (FS1)
0.48 household rating
0.860 million viewers
Women 18-34: 0.18
Men 18-34: 0.45
Women 18-49: 0.20
Men 18-49: 0.57
For the entire week of October 31-November 6, 2016 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is even in viewership (0.860 million vs. 0.860 million) and down -0.4 percent among Adults 18-49 (509,000 vs. 511,000) from one week earlier; the network is also down -16 percent in total viewership (0.860 million vs. 1.027 million) and down -19 percent among Adults 18-49 (509,000 vs. 625,000) from the same week one year ago (November 2-8, 2015). (https://programmingins.wpengine.com/?p=12601)
