“Saturday Night Football” gave ABC its fifth consecutive 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). On this night, Clemson at Virginia Tech (8 p.m.) delivered a total live audience of 4.693 million viewers (Week 5’s most-watched game), beating Fox’ TV-only prime time audience by 75 percent.
(Source: ESPN)
The 43rd season premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Ryan Gosling and musical guest Jay-Z, generated the show’s second most-watched season opener in seven years, with 7.02 million viewers and 1.91 million adults 18-49, according to “fast official” “live plus same day” results.
Over that seven-year span, the only bigger result for an “SNL” season debut came with last year’s opener, hosted by Margot Robbie and featuring musical guest The Weeknd, as well as the first appearance of Alec Baldwin as then-Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump (8.297 million viewers overall, 2.34 rating in adults 18-49). Last year’s premiere was at that time the show’s most-watched in eight years and highest-rated in 18-49 in three years.
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| * AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program | ||||||||
| * CVG = percent of coverage in U.S. | ||||||||
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Saturday, September 30, 2017 | |||||||
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-11 | Network Average | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | |||
| 8:00 | Saturday Night Pre-Game | 1.9/4 | 3126 | 0.6/4 | 0.8/4 | 1.0/4 | ||
| 8:07 | Saturday Night Football Clemson @ Virginia Tech (thru 11:43) | 261 | 92 | 2.7/6 | 4613 | 1.2/7 | 1.5/7 | 1.7/6 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 2.3/5 | 3454 | 0.3/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.7/3 | ||
| 8:00 | Crimetime Saturday NCIS (r) | 254 | 92 | 2.2/4 | 3302 | 0.3/2 | 0.4/2 | 0.6/2 |
| 9:00 | 48 Hours (s) | 254 | 92 | 1.9/4 | 2826 | 0.3/2 | 0.4/2 | 0.6/2 |
| 10:00 | 48 Hours (p) | 254 | 92 | 2.9/6 | 4235 | 0.3/2 | 0.6/3 | 0.9/3 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 1.6/3 | 2414 | 0.3/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.7/2 | ||
| 8:00 | Will & Grace (r) | 243 | 92 | 1.5/3 | 2123 | 0.2/1 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 |
| 8:30 | Superstore (r) | 242 | 92 | 1.0/2 | 1493 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/2 | 0.5/2 |
| 9:00 | Dateline Mystery | 209 | 86 | 2.0/4 | 2984 | 0.3/2 | 0.6/2 | 0.8/3 |
| 10:00 | Saturday Night Live (r) | 243 | 92 | 1.6/3 | 2449 | 0.3/2 | 0.6/3 | 0.8/3 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | |||
| 7:41 | College Football Extra | 255 | 92 | 1.4/3 | 2269 | 0.5/3 | 0.7/3 | 0.8/3 |
| 8:07 | College Football Pre-Kick | 1.3/3 | 2195 | 0.4/3 | 0.6/3 | 0.7/3 | ||
| 8:10 | College Football Notre Dame @ Michigan State (thru 11:57) | 255 | 92 | 1.6/3 | 2685 | 0.5/3 | 0.8/3 | 0.9/3 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 8-11 | Network Average | 0.5/1 | 995 | 0.4/2 | ||||
| 6:59 | Crónicas de Sábado | 0.4/1 | 722 | 0.2/1 | ||||
| 7:59 | Fútbol Liga MX Tigres UANL vs. Guadalajara | 0.5/1 | 1001 | 0.4/2 | ||||
| 10:05 | Fútbol Liga MX Toluca vs. America (thru 12:03 a.m.) | 0.5/1 | 985 | 0.4/2 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 8-11 | Network Average | 0.4/1 | 726 | 0.2/1 | ||||
| 7:05 | Cine Si Yo Fuera Diputado (1952) | 0.4/1 | 672 | 0.2/1 | ||||
| 9:05 | Cine Robin-B-Hood (2006) (thru 11:05 p.m.) | 0.4/1 | 712 | 0.3/1 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 8-11 | Network Average | 0.3/1 | 596 | 0.2/1 | 0.2/1 | |||
| 7:00 | Lado Humano Fama (s) | 0.2/0 | 358 | 0.0/0 | 0.1/1 | |||
| 8:00 | Cine Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) | 0.3/1 | 596 | 0.2/1 | 0.2/1 | |||
Live+3 Day Ratings – Saturday 9/30/17
| 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 | SNFTBL PRE-GAME | O | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0% | 3127 | 3135 | 0% |
| ABC | SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | O | 1.48 | 1.48 | 0% | 4615 | 4634 | 0% |
| CBS | CRIMETIME SATURDAY 8PM | RP | 0.43 | 0.46 | 6% | 3303 | 3500 | 6% |
| CBS | 48 HOURS 9PM-SPECIAL | S | 0.43 | 0.48 | 11% | 2827 | 3059 | 8% |
| CBS | 48 HOURS | P | 0.64 | 0.77 | 21% | 4236 | 4994 | 18% |
| NBC | WILL & GRACE-SAT | RP | 0.38 | 0.45 | 18% | 2123 | 2332 | 10% |
| NBC | SUPERSTORE-SAT | RP | 0.35 | 0.35 | 1% | 1493 | 1516 | 2% |
| NBC | DATELINE MYSTERY | P | 0.57 | 0.64 | 12% | 2984 | 3229 | 8% |
| NBC | SNL PRIME-SAT | RP | 0.59 | 0.63 | 8% | 2449 | 2592 | 6% |
| FOX | FOX CFB – BIG12 PRIME | P | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0% | 2685 | 2693 | 0% |
For the entire week of September 25-October 1, 2017 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is down 4 percent in viewership (0.771 million vs. 0.801 million) and down 3 percent among Adults 18-49 (490,000 vs. 503.000) from one week earlier; the network is also down 15 percent in viewership (0.771 million vs. 0.910 million) and down 8 percent among Adults 18-49 (490,000 vs. 533,000) from the same week one year ago (September 26-October 2, 2016). (https://programmingins.wpengine.com/?p=19713)
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PROGRAM | HH | Viewers (000) |
A1849 rating |
A1849 (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Dragon Ball Super (r) | 0.40 | 600 | 0.22 | 279 |
| 8:30 | Dragon Ball Super | 0.50 | 768 | 0.34 | 442 |
| 9:00 | Rick & Morty (r) | 0.47 | 740 | 0.34 | 435 |
| 9:30 | Rick & Morty (r) | 0.52 | 846 | 0.37 | 473 |
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| 10:00 | Family Guy (r) | 0.60 | 959 | 0.43 | 557 |
| 10:30 | Family Guy (r) | 0.72 | 1149 | 0.52 | 674 |
TOONAMI – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
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PROGRAM | Viewers (000) |
A1849 rating |
A1849 (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Dragon Ball Super (r) | 852 | 0.41 | 523 |
| 11:30 | Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters | 779 | 0.36 | 459 |
| 12:00a | Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders | 613 | 0.28 | 357 |
| 12:30a | Tokyo Ghoul | 603 | 0.28 | 357 |
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| 1:00a | Hunter X Hunter | 563 | 0.26 | 336 |
| 1:30a | Lupin the 3rd: Part 4 | 522 | 0.25 | 319 |
| 2:00a | Naruto: Shippuden | 519 | 0.25 | 321 |
| 2:30a | Outlaw Star | 470 | 0.23 | 291 |
| 3:00a | Cowboy Bebop (r) | 444 | 0.21 | 268 |
| 3:30a | Attack on Titan (r) | 418 | 0.18 | 232 |
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PROGRAM | Viewers (000) |
A1849 rating |
A1849 (000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00a | Rick & Morty (r) | 428 | 0.21 | 276 |
| 4:30a | Rick & Morty (r) | 463 | 0.24 | 311 |
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| 5:00a | King of the Hill (r) | 521 | 0.25 | 325 |
| 5:30a | King of the Hill (r) | 518 | 0.24 | 314 |
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
