Saturday Final Nationals: Patriots’ Blowout Win Over Titans on CBS Generates Least-Watched NFL Divisional Playoff in 9 Years

For the second consecutive year, a Patriots home game in the NFL Divisional Playoffs was the lowest-rated NFL postseason telecast since 2009. Its 35-14 victory over the Tennessee Titans this year was the least-watched since 2009 as well. But CBS still dominated this Saturday night in all key figures, by far. (Source: Sports Media Watch)

What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s broadcast network telecasts on Saturday, January 13:

Flushed Away (RS) (ABC, 8:00 PM, 120 min.)
– 1.329 million viewers
– 0.9/2 HH
– 0.3/1 A18-49 (0.3/1 F18-49, 0.2/1 M18-49)
– 0.2/1 A18-34 (0.3/1 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
– 0.4/1 A25-54

20/20 Saturday (S) (ABC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 2.673 million viewers
– 1.8/3 HH
– 0.4/1 A18-49 (0.5/2 F18-49, 0.3/1 M18-49)
– 0.2/1 A18-34 (0.2/1 F18-34, 0.2/1 M18-34)
– 0.6/2 A25-54

CBS NFL Today (CBS, 7:30 PM, 46 min.)
– 10.234 million viewers
– 5.8/11 HH
– 2.7/11 A18-49 (1.9/8 F18-49, 3.5/14 M18-49)
– 2.0/11 A18-34 (1.5/8 F18-34, 2.6/14 M18-34)
– 3.4/11 A25-54

AFC Divisional Playoff Pre-Kick (CBS, 8:12 PM, 4 min.)
– 21.941 million viewers
– 12.1/22 HH
– 6.0/24 A18-49 (4.3/17 F18-49, 7.8/31 M18-49)
– 4.5/24 A18-34 (3.2/17 F18-34, 5.7/30 M18-34)
– 7.6/25 A25-54

AFC Divisional Playoff Tennessee Titans at New England Patriots (CBS, 8:16 PM, 190 min.)
– 26.690 million viewers
– 14.5/27 HH
– 7.9/30 A18-49 (5.9/22 F18-49, 10.1/37 M18-49)
– 6.0/30 A18-34 (4.5/23 F18-34, 7.5/37 M18-34)
– 9.7/30 A25-54

Will & Grace (R) (NBC, 8:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 4.814 million viewers
– 2.9/5 HH
– 1.5/6 A18-49 (1.3/5 F18-49, 1.8/7 M18-49)
– 1.0/5 A18-34 (0.9/5 F18-34, 1.2/6 M18-34)
– 1.8/6 A25-54

Superstore (R) (NBC, 8:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 2.529 million viewers
– 1.6/3 HH
– 0.8/3 A18-49 (0.7/3 F18-49, 1.0/4 M18-49)
– 0.5/3 A18-34 (0.5/2 F18-34, 0.6/3 M18-34)
– 1.0/3 A25-54

Dateline Mystery (B) (NBC, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 2.641 million viewers
– 1.8/3 HH
– 0.6/2 A18-49 (0.6/2 F18-49, 0.7/2 M18-49)
– 0.4/2 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.4/2 M18-34)
– 0.8/2 A25-54

SNL Prime (R) (NBC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 2.967 million viewers
– 1.9/4 HH
– 0.8/3 A18-49 (0.8/3 F18-49, 0.9/3 M18-49)
– 0.5/2 A18-34 (0.5/2 F18-34, 0.5/2 M18-34)
– 1.0/3 A25-54

The Four (RS) (FOX, 8:00 PM, 120 min.)
– 1.046 million viewers
– 0.6/1 HH
– 0.3/1 A18-49 (0.3/1 F18-49, 0.2/1 M18-49)
– 0.2/1 A18-34 (0.2/1 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
– 0.3/1 A25-54

What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s select cable telecasts on Friday, January 12 (with the night’s cable ranks according to total viewers and adults 18-49 in parentheses):

Live PD Xtra (A&E, 8:00 PM, 6 min.)
– 1.197 million viewers (#16)
– 0.37 A18-49 (#10)

Live PD (A&E, 9:00 PM, 180 min.)
– 2.086 million viewers (#2)
– 0.70 A18-49 (#1)

Dragon Ball Super (ADSM, 10:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 0.904 million viewers (#30)
– 0.37 A18-49 (#10)

Pitbulls and Parolees (APL, 9:00 PM, 61 min.)
– 0.800 million viewers (#41)
– 0.20 A18-49 (#48)

The Vet Life (APL, 10:01 PM, 61 min.)
– 0.836 million viewers (#36)
– 0.16 A18-49 (#66)

Comedy Central Movie Horrible Bosses (2011) (CMDY, 10:00 PM, 140 min.)
– 0.357 million viewers (#89)
– 0.20 A18-49 (#48)

CNN Newsroom (CNN, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.682 million viewers (#55)
– 0.12 A18-49 (#95)

College Basketball Regular Season North Carolina at Notre Dame (ESPN, 6:09 PM, 123 min.)
– 0.878 million viewers (#32)
– 0.54 HH
– 0.24 A18-49 (#27)
– 0.23 A18-34

High School Basketball Naismith HoopHall Classic: Chino Hills (CA) vs. Spartanburg Day (SC) (ESPN, 8:12 PM, 86 min.)
– 0.398 million viewers (#82)
– 0.25 HH
– 0.14 A18-49 (#72)
– 0.14 A18-34

Watters World (FOXNC, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.524 million viewers (#10)
– 0.13 A18-49 (#85)

The Greg Gutfeld Show (FOXNC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.432 million viewers (#11)
– 0.12 A18-49 (#95)

Monster Energy Supercross Houston (FS1, 8:00 PM, 180 min.)
– 0.334 million viewers (#93)
– 0.14 HH
– 0.14 A18-49 (#72)
– 0.09 A18-34

Hallmark Original Movie Frozen in Love (HALL, 9:00 PM, 120 min.)
– 2.605 million viewers (#1)
– 0.30 A18-49 (#17)

The Fate of the Furious (HBO, 8:01 PM, 136 min.)
– 1.589 million viewers (#9)
– 0.54 A18-49 (#2)

House Hunters Renovation (HGTV, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.196 million viewers (#17)
– 0.27 A18-49 (#21)

Your Worst Nightmare (ID, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.085 million viewers (#24)
– 0.30 A18-49 (#17)

Movie-Acquired Premiere Deadly Delusion (2018) (LIF, 8:00 PM, 122 min.)
– 0.841 million viewers (#35)
– 0.17 A18-49 (#61)

Incredible Dr. Pol (NGWD, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 1.010 million viewers (#26)
– 0.12 A18-49 (#95)

Thundermans (NICK, 8:00 PM, 30 min.)
– 1.349 million viewers (#14)
– 0.26 A18-49 (#23)

Nicky, Ricky, Dicky &
Dawn (NICK, 8:30 PM, 30 min.)
– 1.154 million viewers (#19)
– 0.22 A18-49 (#38)

Sweetie Pies (OWN, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.641 million viewers (#58)
– 0.15 A18-49 (#69)

Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 8:00 PM, 61 min.)
– 1.151 million viewers (#20)
– 0.29 A18-49 (#19)

Hayley Ever After: The Dress (TLC, 9:01 PM, 61 min.)
– 0.734 million viewers (#48)
– 0.19 A18-49 (#53)

Ghost Adventures (TRAV, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
– 0.581 million viewers (#65)
– 0.26 A18-49 (#23)

Liga MX Sat Tigres vs. Santos (UDN, 7:59 PM, 120 min.)
– 0.299 million viewers (#100)
– 0.17 HH
– 0.14 A18-49 (#72)
– 0.09 A18-34

Liga MX 2 Sat Guadalajara vs. Cruz Azul (UDN, 9:59 PM, 121 min.)
– 0.489 million viewers (#72)
– 0.27 HH
– 0.26 A18-49 (#23)
– 0.19 A18-34

For the entire week of January 8-14, 2018 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is down 7.9 percent in viewership (764,000 vs. 830,000) and down 7.4 percent among Adults 18-49 (472,000 vs. 509,000) from one week earlier; the network is also down 11.4 percent in viewership (764,000 vs. 862,000) and down 8.7 percent among Adults 18-49 (472,000 vs. 517,000) from the same week one year ago (January 9-15, 2017).

TOONAMI – SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2018

	PROGRAM	Viewers (000)	A1849 rating	A1849 (000)
10:30	Dragon Ball Super	904	0.37	475
11:00	Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters	761	0.34	442
11:30	Black Clover	609	0.29	371
12:00a	Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders	508	0.21	274
12:30a	Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphana	455	0.19	249
1:00a	Hunter X Hunter (r)	460	0.22	280
1:30a	Lupin the 3rd: Part 4	428	0.21	276
2:00a	Naruto: Shippuden (r)	430	0.21	272
2:30a	Outlaw Star (r)	421	0.20	259
3:00a	Cowboy Bebop (r)	412	0.21	270
3:30a	Ghost in the Shell: 2nd Gig (r)	370	0.19	245

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research