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Saturday Final Nationals: Alabama-LSU on CBS Draws Top College Football TV Audience in Two Months

by Douglas Pucci November 8, 2016, 1:42 pm

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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.

(Sources: CBS Sports)

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* AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program
* CVG = percent of coverage in U.S.
Programming Insider Saturday, November 5, 2016
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 4958 1.0/5 1.5/6 1.8/6
8:00 Saturday Night Football Pre-Game (s) 246 94 2.8/6 4596 0.8/4 1.1/5 1.3/5
8:07 Saturday Night Football Nebraska @ Ohio State (thru 11:55) 246 94 2.8/5 4969 1.0/5 1.4/6 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 5.7/11 10385 2.5/13 3.1/12 3.6/11
8:00 College Football Alabama @ LSU (s) (thru 11:30) 251 94 5.8/11 10385 2.5/13 3.1/12 3.6/12
NBC PROGRAM AFF* CVG*
(PCT)
HH/Share Viewers
(000)
Adults
18-34
Adults
18-49
Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 1.9/4 2857 0.3/2 0.5/2 0.7/2
8:00 Breeders Cup (s) 243 94 1.5/3 2264 0.2/1 0.3/1 0.5/2
9:02 Dateline Mystery 245 94 2.2/4 3205 0.3/1 0.5/2 0.7/2
10:00 Saturday Night Live (r) 243 94 2.1/4 3135 0.4/2 0.7/3 1.0/3
FOX PROGRAM AFF* CVG*
(PCT)
HH/Share Viewers
(000)
Adults
18-34
Adults
18-49
Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 0.9/2 1368 0.2/1 0.3/1 0.4/1
8:00 Pitch (r) 252 94 0.8/2 1199 0.2/1 0.3/1 0.4/1
9:00 Lethal Weapon (r) 252 94 1.0/2 1542 0.2/1 0.3/1 0.5/1
UNI PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)
Adults
18-34
Adults
18-49
Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 0.5/1 950 0.4/2
6:55 Fútbol Mexicano Cruz Azul vs. Pachuca (s) 0.5/1 806 0.3/1
8:58 Fútbol Mexicano León vs. Guadalajara (s) (thru 11:04) 0.6/1 1003 0.4/2
UniMas PROGRAM HH/Share Viewers
(000)
Adults
18-34
Adults
18-49
Adults
25-54
8-11 Network Average 0.2/0 371 0.1/0
6:55 Cine El Mago (1949) 0.3/1 568 0.2/1
8:00 Velvet: Recuento (s) 0.3/1 444 0.1/1
9:00 Velvet 0.2/0 335 0.1/0

Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Saturday 11/05/16

“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)







Adult Swim PROGRAM HH Viewers
(000)
A18-49
rating
9:00 Bob’s Burgers (r) 0.54 843 0.32
9:30 Bob’s Burgers (r) 0.59 898 0.36
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10:00 American Dad (r) 0.72 1074 0.45
10:30 American Dad (r) 0.82 1287 0.55
11:00 Family Guy (r) 1405 0.59
11:30 Family Guy (r) 1612 0.71

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Adult Swim PROGRAM Viewers
(000)
A1849
rating
A1849
(000)
12:00a Dragon Ball Z Kai 1293 0.62 802
12:30a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 995 0.48 613
1:00a Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 878 0.41 530
1:30a Hunter X Hunter 860 0.40 516
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2:00a Naruto: Shippuden 769 0.36 462
2:30a One Piece 674 0.32 409
3:00a Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) 492 0.25 326




Adult Swim PROGRAM Viewers
(000)
A1849
rating
4:30a American Dad (r) 500 0.24
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5:00a American Dad (r) 502 0.25
5:30a King of the Hill (r) 501 0.25

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

Tagged with: Adult Swim, Alabama Crimson Tide, Breeders Cup, college football, Dateline Mystery, Lethal Weapon, LSU Tigers, Pitch, Saturday Night Football, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Toonami, UniMas, Univision

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