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Saturday Final Ratings: ABC Leads All Outlets in Special Report Coverage of John McCain Passing

by Douglas Pucci August 28, 2018, 5:07 pm

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What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s broadcast network telecasts on Saturday, August 25:

The Good Doctor (RS) (ABC, 8:00 PM, 27 min.)
252 affiliates; 87% coverage
• 1.977 million viewers
• 1.4/3 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49 (0.3/2 F18-49, 0.3/2 M18-49)
• 0.1/1 A18-34 (0.2/1 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
• 0.4/2 A25-54 (0.4/2 F25-54, 0.4/2 M25-54)
• Median age: 64.2

ABC News Special Report John McCain 1936-2018 (ABC, 8:27 PM, 41 min.)
257 affiliates; 86% coverage
• 2.507 million viewers
• 1.7/4 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49 (0.3/2 F18-49, 0.3/2 M18-49)
• 0.2/1 A18-34 (0.2/1 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
• 0.5/2 A25-54 (0.5/2 F25-54, 0.5/2 M25-54)

The Good Doctor (RS) (ABC, 9:08 PM, 52 min.)
251 affiliates; 86% coverage
• 1.857 million viewers
• 1.3/3 HH
• 0.3/1 A18-49 (0.3/2 F18-49, 0.2/1 M18-49)
• 0.1/1 A18-34 (0.2/1 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
• 0.4/2 A25-54 (0.5/2 F25-54, 0.3/1 M25-54)
• Median age: 65.9

20/20 Saturday (ABC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
255 affiliates; 87% coverage
• 2.152 million viewers
• 1.5/3 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49 (0.3/2 F18-49, 0.3/2 M18-49)
• 0.1/1 A18-34 (0.2/1 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
• 0.5/2 A25-54 (0.6/2 F25-54, 0.4/2 M25-54)
• Median age: 63.6

NFL Pre-Season Football New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Chargers (S) (CBS, 8:00 PM, 166 min.)
257 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 3.402 million viewers
• 2.2/5 HH
• 0.8/4 A18-49 (0.6/3 F18-49, 1.0/6 M18-49)
• 0.5/4 A18-34 (0.4/3 F18-34, 0.6/5 M18-34)
• 1.0/4 A25-54 (0.7/3 F25-54, 1.3/6 M25-54)
• Median age: 58.0

NFL Pre-Season Post (S) (CBS, 10:46 PM, 14 min.)
257 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 2.358 million viewers
• 1.6/4 HH
• 0.6/3 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.7/4 M18-49)
• 0.4/3 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.5/4 M18-34)
• 0.8/3 A25-54 (0.6/2 F25-54, 1.0/4 M25-54)
• Median age: 56.4

America’s Got Talent (G) (NBC, 8:00 PM, 105 min.)
241 affiliates; 88% coverage
• 2.101 million viewers
• 1.4/3 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.2/1 M18-49)
• 0.2/1 A18-34 (0.2/2 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
• 0.5/2 A25-54 (0.6/2 F25-54, 0.4/2 M25-54)
• Median age: 60.7

NBC News Special Report John McCain 1936-2018 (NBC, 8:23 PM, 15 min.)
• 1.974 million viewers
• 1.3/3 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49 (0.3/2 F18-49, 0.2/2 M18-49)
• 0.2/1 A18-34 (0.2/1 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
• 0.4/2 A25-54 (0.5/2 F25-54, 0.4/2 M25-54)

Dateline Mystery (NBC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
245 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 3.073 million viewers
• 2.1/5 HH
• 0.5/2 A18-49 (0.6/3 F18-49, 0.3/2 M18-49)
• 0.2/2 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
• 0.7/3 A25-54 (0.9/4 F25-54, 0.6/3 M25-54)
• Median age: 61.1

MasterChef (RS) (Fox, 8:00 PM, 59 min.)
253 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 0.954 million viewers
• 0.7/2 HH
• 0.2/1 A18-49 (0.3/1 F18-49, 0.2/1 M18-49)
• 0.1/1 A18-34 (0.1/1 F18-34, 0.1/1 M18-34)
• 0.3/1 A25-54 (0.4/2 F25-54, 0.3/1 M25-54)
• Median age: 56.4

MasterChef (RS) (Fox, 8:59 PM, 61 min.)
253 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 1.286 million viewers
• 0.9/2 HH
• 0.4/2 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.3/2 M18-49)
• 0.2/1 A18-34 (0.2/1 F18-34, 0.2/2 M18-34)
• 0.4/2 A25-54 (0.5/2 F25-54, 0.4/2 M25-54)
• Median age: 54.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) (ION, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
80% coverage
• 1.436 million viewers
• 1.0/2 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.2/1 M18-49)
• 0.2 A18-34 (0.2 F18-34, 0.1 M18-34)
• 0.4 A25-54 (0.5 F25-54, 0.2 M25-54)
• Median age: 58.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) (ION, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
80% coverage
• 1.395 million viewers
• 1.0/2 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.2/1 M18-49)
• 0.2 A18-34 (0.2 F18-34, 0.1 M18-34)
• 0.4 A25-54 (0.5 F25-54, 0.3 M25-54)
• Median age: 56.7

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) (ION, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
80% coverage
• 1.402 million viewers
• 1.0/2 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.2/1 M18-49)
• 0.2 A18-34 (0.3 F18-34, 0.1 M18-34)
• 0.4 A25-54 (0.6 F25-54, 0.3 M25-54)
• Median age: 56.0

Como Dice el Dicho (Univision, 6:55 PM, 60 min.)
69% coverage
• 0.794 million viewers
• 0.3/2 HH
• 0.2/1 A18-49
• Median age: 43.7

Liga MX UNAM vs. América (Univision, 7:55 PM, 126 min.)
74% coverage
• 0.932 million viewers
• 0.4/2 HH
• 0.1/1 A18-49
• Median age: 38.3

Liga MX Tigres UANL vs. Necaxa (Univision, 10:01 PM, 119 min.)
69% coverage
• 0.495 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49
• Median age: 41.4

Cine Cantinflas El Bombero Atómico (1952) (UniMás, 7:00 PM, 120 min.)
51% coverage
• 0.477 million viewers
• 0.1/1 HH
• 0.1/1 A18-49
• Median age: 49.7

Cineplex X-Men: Primera Generación (2011) (UniMás, 9:00 PM, 150 min.)
51% coverage
• 0.499 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH
• 0.1/1 A18-49
• Median age: 37.8

Cine Millonario El Origen de Los Guardianes (2012) (Telemundo, 7:00 PM, 120 min.)
55% coverage
• 0.682 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49
• 0.3/2 A18-34
• Median age: 34.8

El César (Telemundo, 9:00 PM, 120 min.)
55% coverage
• 0.484 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH
• 0.2/1 A18-49
• 0.1/1 A18-34
• Median age: 41.1

What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s select cable telecasts on Saturday, August 25 (with the night’s cable ranks according to total total viewers, household and demo ratings in parentheses):

Live PD Xtra (A&E, 8:00 PM, 6 min.)
• 1.031 million viewers (#22)
• 0.63 HH (#22)
• 0.29 A18-49 (#12)
• 0.25 A18-34 (#8)
• 0.41 A25-54 (#10)

Live PD (A&E, 9:00 PM, 180 min.)
• 2.076 million viewers (#2)
• 1.23 HH (#3)
• 0.67 A18-49 (#1)
• 0.53 A18-34 (#1)
• 0.89 A25-54 (#1)

The Cleveland Show (repeat) (ADSM, 8:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.513 million viewers (#74)
• 0.35 HH (#66)
• 0.20 A18-49 (#40)
• 0.20 A18-34 (#17)
• 0.17 A25-54 (#72)

Family Guy (repeat) (ADSM, 8:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.682 million viewers (#47)
• 0.45 HH (#47)
• 0.28 A18-49 (#15)
• 0.31 A18-34 (#6)
• 0.23 A25-54 (#45)

Family Guy (repeat) (ADSM, 9:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.815 million viewers (#28)
• 0.54 HH (#27)
• 0.34 A18-49 (#7)
• 0.36 A18-34 (#4)
• 0.30 A25-54 (#21)

Rick & Morty (repeat) (ADSM, 9:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.794 million viewers (#32)
• 0.51 HH (#31)
• 0.36 A18-49 (#4)
• 0.43 A18-34 (#2)
• 0.28 A25-54 (#25)

My Hero Academia (repeat) (ADSM, 10:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.615 million viewers (#58)
• 0.39 HH (#60)
• 0.29 A18-49 (#12)
• 0.33 A18-34 (#5)
• 0.21 A25-54 (#53)

Dragon Ball Super (ADSM, 10:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.707 million viewers (#45)
• 0.46 HH (#43)
• 0.34 A18-49 (#7)
• 0.41 A18-34 (#3)
• 0.26 A25-54 (#32)

Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (APL, 8:00 PM, 61 min.)
• 1.115 million viewers (#17)
• 0.75 HH (#17)
• 0.17 A18-49 (#50)
• 0.08 A18-34 (#79)
• 0.26 A25-54 (#32)

CNN Newsroom (CNN, 8:26 PM, 34 min.)
• 1.062 million viewers (#20)
• 0.73 HH (#18)
• 0.17 A18-49 (#50)
• 0.09 A18-34 (#71)
• 0.26 A25-54 (#32)

CNN Newsroom (CNN, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.292 million viewers (#11)
• 0.89 HH (#8)
• 0.25 A18-49 (#20)
• 0.09 A18-34 (#71)
• 0.35 A25-54 (#12)

CNN Special Report John McCain 1936-2018 (CNN, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.223 million viewers (#13)
• 0.83 HH (#13)
• 0.24 A18-49 (#23)
• 0.09 A18-34 (#71)
• 0.33 A25-54 (#16)

NCAA Football North Carolina A&T vs. Jacksonville State (ESPN, 7:00 PM, 231 min.)
• 0.564 million viewers (#65)
• 0.35 HH (#66)
• 0.17 A18-49 (#50)
• 0.14 A18-34 (#35)
• 0.20 A25-54 (#56)

Top Rank Boxing Raymundo Beltran vs. Jose Pedraza (ESPN, 10:51 PM, 129 min.)
• 0.532 million viewers (#71)
• 0.33 HH (#70)
• 0.20 A18-49 (#40)
• 0.13 A18-34 (#43)
• 0.22 A25-54 (#49)

College Football Prime Wyoming vs. New Mexico (ESPN2, 10:00 PM, 202 min.)
• 0.464 million viewers (#82)
• 0.29 HH (#80)
• 0.16 A18-49 (#57)
• 0.12 A18-34 (#52)
• 0.20 A25-54 (#56)

Watters World (FOXNC, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.748 million viewers (#4)
• 1.14 HH (#4)
• 0.14 A18-49 (#66)
• 0.05 A18-34 (#92)
• 0.26 A25-54 (#32)

Justice with Judge Jeanine (FOXNC, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.868 million viewers (#3)
• 1.25 HH (#2)
• 0.16 A18-49 (#57)
• 0.06 A18-34 (#86)
• 0.27 A25-54 (#30)

Special Report: John McCain Death Coverage (FOXNC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.202 million viewers (#14)
• 0.81 HH (#14)
• 0.12 A18-49 (#80)
• 0.06 A18-34 (#86)
• 0.18 A25-54 (#66)

MLB Regular Season Washington Nationals at New York Mets (FS1, 4:00 PM, 178 min.)
• 0.156 million viewers
• 0.03 A18-49

UFC Fight Night Gaethje vs. Vick (FS1, 10:06 PM, 176 min.)
• 0.596 million viewers (#62)
• 0.38 HH (#61)
• 0.23 A18-49 (#27)
• 0.18 A18-34 (#21)
• 0.26 A25-54 (#32)

Hallmark Original Movie Season for Love (HALL, 9:00 PM, 120 min.)
• 2.371 million viewers (#1)
• 1.66 HH (#1)
• 0.26 A18-49 (#19)
• 0.13 A18-34 (#43)
• 0.42 A25-54 (#6)

Father Figures (HBO, 8:00 PM, 113 min.)
• 1.005 million viewers (#23)
• 0.62 HH (#24)
• 0.32 A18-49 (#10)
• 0.13 A18-34 (#43)
• 0.42 A25-54 (#6)

Break (HBO, 9:53 PM, 7 min.)
• 0.326 million viewers (#97)
• 0.20 HH (#95)
• 0.11 A18-49 (#89)
• 0.04 A18-34 (#97)
• 0.13 A25-54 (#85)

House Hunters Renovation (HGTV, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.201 million viewers (#15)
• 0.80 HH (#16)
• 0.25 A18-49 (#20)
• 0.13 A18-34 (#43)
• 0.34 A25-54 (#14)

Mountain Life (HGTV, 10:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.307 million viewers (#10)
• 0.85 HH (#12)
• 0.25 A18-49 (#20)
• 0.11 A18-34 (#57)
• 0.33 A25-54 (#16)

Mountain Life (HGTV, 10:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.369 million viewers (#8)
• 0.89 HH (#8)
• 0.27 A18-49 (#17)
• 0.17 A18-34 (#24)
• 0.35 A25-54 (#12)

Fatal Vows (ID, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.906 million viewers (#25)
• 0.63 HH (#22)
• 0.24 A18-49 (#23)
• 0.14 A18-34 (#35)
• 0.34 A25-54 (#14)

Movie-Acquired Premiere Killer Night Shift (LIF, 8:00 PM, 123 min.)
• 0.643 million viewers (#51)
• 0.46 HH (#43)
• 0.17 A18-49 (#50)
• 0.10 A18-34 (#65)
• 0.23 A25-54 (#45)

MSNBC Breaking News John McCain 1936-2018 (MSNBC, 8:19 PM, 101 min.)
• 1.143 million viewers (#16)
• 0.81 HH (#14)
• 0.11 A18-49 (#89)
• 0.05 A18-34 (#92)
• 0.15 A25-54 (#79)

NFL Gameday Live (NFLN, 6:59 PM, 181 min.)
• 0.639 million viewers (#52)
• 0.41 HH (#56)
• 0.20 A18-49 (#40)
• 0.14 A18-34 (#35)
• 0.26 A25-54 (#32)

NFL Total Access (NFLN, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.363 million viewers (#92)
• 0.23 HH (#90)
• 0.13 A18-49 (#70)
• 0.10 A18-34 (#65)
• 0.16 A25-54 (#75)

Iyanla, Fix My Life (OWN, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.606 million viewers (#59)
• 0.43 HH (#51)
• 0.20 A18-49 (#40)
• 0.13 A18-34 (#43)
• 0.28 A25-54 (#25)

Mind Your Business (OWN, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.355 million viewers (#93)
• 0.26 HH (#87)
• 0.13 A18-49 (#70)
• 0.08 A18-34 (#79)
• 0.17 A25-54 (#72)

Yosemite Park Killer (Reelz, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.145 million viewers
• 0.03 A18-49

The Big Bang Theory (repeat) (TBS, 9:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.327 million viewers (#9)
• 0.88 HH (#10)
• 0.35 A18-49 (#6)
• 0.21 A18-34 (#16)
• 0.48 A25-54 (#4)

The Big Bang Theory (repeat) (TBS, 9:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.377 million viewers (#7)
• 0.91 HH (#6)
• 0.36 A18-49 (#4)
• 0.23 A18-34 (#14)
• 0.48 A25-54 (#4)

The Big Bang Theory (repeat) (TBS, 10:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.423 million viewers (#5)
• 0.91 HH (#6)
• 0.40 A18-49 (#2)
• 0.24 A18-34 (#11)
• 0.55 A25-54 (#2)

The Big Bang Theory (repeat) (TBS, 10:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.404 million viewers (#6)
• 0.92 HH (#5)
• 0.38 A18-49 (#3)
• 0.25 A18-34 (#8)
• 0.53 A25-54 (#3)

Four Weddings (TLC, 9:00 PM, 124 min.)
• 0.491 million viewers (#80)
• 0.35 HH (#66)
• 0.13 A18-49 (#70)
• 0.11 A18-34 (#57)
• 0.11 A25-54 (#93)

Ghost Adventures Pop-Ups (TRAV, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.729 million viewers (#40)
• 0.44 HH (#50)
• 0.27 A18-49 (#17)
• 0.19 A18-34 (#20)
• 0.33 A25-54 (#16)

Haunted Towns (TRAV, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.499 million viewers (#77)
• 0.32 HH (#76)
• 0.19 A18-49 (#44)
• 0.13 A18-34 (#43)
• 0.23 A25-54 (#45)

Liga MX Sat América vs. UNAM (UDN, 7:59 PM, 122 min.)
• 0.332 million viewers (#95)
• 0.18 HH (#98)
• 0.15 A18-49 (#61)
• 0.14 A18-34 (#35)
• 0.15 A25-54 (#79)

Movie Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron (repeat) (USA, 8:00 PM, 180 min.)
• 0.989 million viewers (#24)
• 0.61 HH (#25)
• 0.34 A18-49 (#7)
• 0.25 A18-34 (#8)
• 0.41 A25-54 (#10)

For the entire week of August 20-26, 2018 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is down 3.1 percent in viewership (659,000 vs. 680,000) and down 3.8 percent among Adults 18-49 (403,000 vs. 419,000) from one week earlier; the network is also down 20 percent in viewership (659,000 vs. 821,000) and down 21 percent among Adults 18-49 (403,000 vs. 508,000) from the same week one year ago (August 21-27, 2017).

Programming Insider TOONAMI – SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2018













Adult Swim PROGRAM Viewers
(000)
A1849
rating
A1849
(000)
10:00 My Hero Academia (r) 615 0.29 369
10:30 Dragon Ball Super 707 0.34 444
11:00 Attack on Titan (r) 477 0.23 292
11:30 Attack on Titan 528 0.25 328
12:00a Pop Team Epic 384 0.16 212
12:30a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable 386 0.17 218
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1:00a Hunter X Hunter (r) 378 0.15 198
1:30a Black Clover (r) 382 0.17 213
2:00a Naruto: Shippuden (r) 358 0.16 203
2:30a One-Punch Man (r) 340 0.15 188
3:00a Lupin the 3rd: Part 4 (r) 260 0.12 150
3:30a Cowboy Bebop (r) 269 0.12 161

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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