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Saturday Final Ratings: Women’s Championship Ranks as ESPN’s Third Most-Watched U.S. Open Tennis Telecast in Nine Years

ESPN’s presentation of the 2018 U.S. Open Women’s Championship in tennis – 20-year-old Naomi Osaka, upsetting the legendary Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4 with action on and off the court as controversy engulfed the second set – posted an ESPN U.S. Open Women’s Final record of 3.1 million viewers for the full 174-minute telecast, up 63 percent from last year’s mark (1.9 million) which had set the then-previous record. It also earned the network’s third-best viewership for a U.S. Open telecast in its history.

The five highest-rated markets for the 2018 U.S. Open Women’s Championship Final were West Palm Beach (6.0), Washington DC (5.5), Richmond (5.1), New York (4.5) and Norfolk (3.8).

(Source: ESPN)

What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s broadcast network telecasts on Saturday, September 8:

Saturday Night Football Nissan Pre-Game (ABC, 8:00 PM, 7 min.)
89% coverage
• 2.887 million viewers
• 1.8/4 HH
• 0.5/3 A18-49 (0.5/2 F18-49, 0.6/3 M18-49)
• 0.4/3 A18-34 (0.3/3 F18-34, 0.4/3 M18-34)
• 0.7/3 A25-54 (0.6/3 F25-54, 0.9/4 M25-54)
• Median age: 60.4

Saturday Night Football Penn State at Pittsburgh (ABC, 8:07 PM, 219 min.)
251 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 3.286 million viewers
• 2.0/4 HH
• 0.9/4 A18-49 (0.8/4 F18-49, 1.0/5 M18-49)
• 0.6/4 A18-34 (0.6/4 F18-34, 0.6/5 M18-34)
• 1.0/4 A25-54 (0.8/3 F25-54, 1.2/5 M25-54)
• Median age: 55.0

Pink Collar Crimes (CBS, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
256 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 2.104 million viewers
• 1.4/3 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.3/1 M18-49)
• 0.3/2 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.2/1 M18-34)
• 0.5/2 A25-54 (0.5/2 F25-54, 0.4/1 M25-54)
• Median age: 62.2

48 Hours (R) (CBS, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
256 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 2.839 million viewers
• 1.9/4 HH
• 0.4/2 A18-49 (0.5/2 F18-49, 0.3/2 M18-49)
• 0.3/2 A18-34 (0.4/2 F18-34, 0.2/1 M18-34)
• 0.5/2 A25-54 (0.7/2 F25-54, 0.4/2 M25-54)
• Median age: 62.2

48 Hours (R) (CBS, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
256 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 2.710 million viewers
• 1.9/4 HH
• 0.4/2 A18-49 (0.5/2 F18-49, 0.3/1 M18-49)
• 0.2/2 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.2/1 M18-34)
• 0.5/2 A25-54 (0.7/2 F25-54, 0.4/2 M25-54)
• Median age: 62.1

America’s Got Talent (R) (NBC, 8:00 PM, 120 min.)
241 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 2.240 million viewers
• 1.5/3 HH
• 0.4/2 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.3/2 M18-49)
• 0.2/2 A18-34 (0.2/1 F18-34, 0.3/2 M18-34)
• 0.5/2 A25-54 (0.6/2 F25-54, 0.5/2 M25-54)
• Median age: 60.0

Dateline Mystery (NBC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
244 affiliates; 88% coverage
• 2.921 million viewers
• 2.0/4 HH
• 0.4/2 A18-49 (0.5/2 F18-49, 0.4/2 M18-49)
• 0.2/1 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.2/1 M18-34)
• 0.7/3 A25-54 (0.8/3 F25-54, 0.6/2 M25-54)
• Median age: 61.7

Fox CFB – Big Ten Evening Iowa State at Iowa (P) (Fox, 5:06 PM, 195 min.)
255 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 2.017 million viewers
• 1.2/3 HH
• 0.6/4 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.8/5 M18-49)
• 0.4/3 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.4/4 M18-34)
• 0.7/3 A25-54 (0.5/2 F25-54, 1.0/5 M25-54)

Fox College Football-Post Gun 2 (Fox, 8:21 PM, 6 min.)
• 1.880 million viewers
• 1.1/2 HH
• 0.6/3 A18-49 (0.5/2 F18-49, 0.8/4 M18-49)
• 0.4/3 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.5/4 M18-34)
• 0.7/3 A25-54 (0.5/2 F25-54, 0.9/4 M25-54)

Fox College Saturday-Kick (Fox, 8:27 PM, 18 min.)
254 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 1.907 million viewers
• 1.2/3 HH
• 0.6/3 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 0.8/4 M18-49)
• 0.4/3 A18-34 (0.2/2 F18-34, 0.5/4 M18-34)
• 0.7/3 A25-54 (0.4/2 F25-54, 1.0/4 M25-54)
• Median age: 50.8

Fox CFB – Pac-12 Prime USC at Stanford (P) (Fox, 8:45 PM, 194 min.)
255 affiliates; 89% coverage
• 2.290 million viewers
• 1.4/3 HH
• 0.7/4 A18-49 (0.4/2 F18-49, 1.0/5 M18-49)
• 0.5/4 A18-34 (0.3/2 F18-34, 0.7/5 M18-34)
• 0.8/3 A25-54 (0.5/2 F25-54, 1.1/5 M25-54)
• Median age: 51.1

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) (ION, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
80% coverage
• 1.673 million viewers
• 1.2/2 HH
• 0.4/2 A18-49
• 0.2 A18-34
• 0.5 A25-54
• Median age: 57.4

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) (ION, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
80% coverage
• 1.521 million viewers
• 1.1/2 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49
• 0.2 A18-34
• 0.5 A25-54
• Median age: 57.8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) (ION, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
80% coverage
• 1.445 million viewers
• 1.0/2 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49
• 0.2 A18-34
• 0.5 A25-54
• Median age: 56.3

Como Dice el Dicho (Univision, 7:01 PM, 60 min.)
69% coverage
• 0.437 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH
• 0.1/1 A18-49
• Median age: 42.1

La Rosa de Guadalupe (Univision, 8:01 PM, 60 min.)
69% coverage
• 0.742 million viewers
• 0.4/1 HH
• 0.2/1 A18-49
• Median age: 40.3

La Rosa de Guadalupe (Univision, 9:01 PM, 60 min.)
69% coverage
• 1.092 million viewers
• 0.6/1 HH
• 0.4/2 A18-49
• Median age: 41.4

La Rosa de Guadalupe (Univision, 10:01 PM, 60 min.)
69% coverage
• 0.971 million viewers
• 0.5/1 HH
• 0.3/2 A18-49
• Median age: 42.7

Cine Cantinflas Ca$h (2010) (UniMás, 7:00 PM, 120 min.)
51% coverage
• 0.471 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH
• 0.1/1 A18-49
• Median age: 43.6

Cineplex 12 Años Esclavo (2013) (UniMás, 9:00 PM, 150 min.)
51% coverage
• 0.326 million viewers
• 0.2/0 HH
• 0.1/1 A18-49
• Median age: 45.4

Cine Millonario El Transportador 3 (2008) (Telemundo, 7:00 PM, 120 min.)
56% coverage
• 0.723 million viewers
• 0.4/1 HH
• 0.2/1 A18-49
• 0.2/2 A18-34
• Median age: 44.1

Cine Millonario 47 Ronin: La Leyenda del Samurai (2013) (Telemundo, 9:00 PM, 150 min.)
56% coverage
• 0.742 million viewers
• 0.4/1 HH
• 0.3/1 A18-49
• 0.3/2 A18-34
• Median age: 42.4

What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s select cable telecasts on Saturday, September 8 (with the night’s cable ranks according to total total viewers, household and demo ratings in parentheses):

Live PD (repeat) (A&E, 9:00 PM, 180 min.)
• 1.025 million viewers (#15)
• 0.64 HH (#17)
• 0.32 A18-49 (#5)
• 0.21 A18-34 (#11)
• 0.39 A25-54 (#5)

Teen Titans Go! (repeat) (TOON, 7:30 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.482 million viewers
• 0.19 A18-49

Teen Titans Go! (repeat) (TOON, 8:00 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.547 million viewers
• 0.19 A18-49

Teen Titans Go! (repeat) (TOON, 8:30 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.592 million viewers
• 0.19 A18-49

Teen Titans Go! (repeat) (TOON, 10:00 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.658 million viewers
• 0.18 A18-49

Teen Titans Go! (repeat) (TOON, 10:30 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.649 million viewers
• 0.18 A18-49

Teen Titans Go! (repeat) (TOON, 11:00 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.675 million viewers
• 0.15 A18-49

Teen Titans Go! (repeat) (TOON, 11:30 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.551 million viewers
• 0.14 A18-49

The Cleveland Show (repeat) (ADSM, 8:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.389 million viewers (#86)
• 0.27 HH (#77)
• 0.13 A18-49 (#73)
• 0.13 A18-34 (#32)
• 0.13 A25-54 (#89)

Family Guy (repeat) (ADSM, 8:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.586 million viewers (#54)
• 0.40 HH (#49)
• 0.23 A18-49 (#21)
• 0.18 A18-34 (#15)
• 0.24 A25-54 (#31)

Family Guy (repeat) (ADSM, 9:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.785 million viewers (#25)
• 0.51 HH (#26)
• 0.31 A18-49 (#7)
• 0.26 A18-34 (#5)
• 0.29 A25-54 (#16)

Rick & Morty (repeat) (ADSM, 9:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.799 million viewers (#23)
• 0.52 HH (#25)
• 0.32 A18-49 (#5)
• 0.33 A18-34 (#3)
• 0.29 A25-54 (#16)

My Hero Academia (repeat) (ADSM, 10:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.655 million viewers (#45)
• 0.43 HH (#46)
• 0.24 A18-49 (#18)
• 0.24 A18-34 (#6)
• 0.22 A25-54 (#39)

Dragon Ball Super (ADSM, 10:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 0.695 million viewers (#38)
• 0.45 HH (#37)
• 0.28 A18-49 (#10)
• 0.29 A18-34 (#4)
• 0.27 A25-54 (#25)

The Boondocks (repeat) (ADSM, 4:00 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.313 million viewers
• 0.15 A18-49

Rick and Morty (repeat) (ADSM, 4:30 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.351 million viewers
• 0.17 A18-49

The Cleveland Show (repeat) (ADSM, 5:00 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.388 million viewers
• 0.19 A18-49

The Cleveland Show (repeat) (ADSM, 5:30 AM, 30 min.)
• 0.391 million viewers
• 0.20 A18-49

AMC Movie Ghost Rider: Spirit of Ven (AMC, 10:35 PM, 125 min.)
• 0.391 million viewers (#84)
• 0.22 HH (#92)
• 0.13 A18-49 (#73)
• 0.08 A18-34 (#70)
• 0.16 A25-54 (#71)

My Cat From Hell (APL, 8:00 PM, 61 min.)
• 0.550 million viewers (#60)
• 0.35 HH (#57)
• 0.11 A18-49 (#83)
• 0.07 A18-34 (#75)
• 0.15 A25-54 (#78)

My Cat From Hell (APL, 9:01 PM, 61 min.)
• 0.542 million viewers (#62)
• 0.34 HH (#60)
• 0.14 A18-49 (#64)
• 0.07 A18-34 (#75)
• 0.17 A25-54 (#67)

Wolves and Warriors (APL, 10:02 PM, 61 min.)
• 0.445 million viewers (#78)
• 0.32 HH (#69)
• 0.10 A18-49 (#93)
• 0.05 A18-34 (#92)
• 0.12 A25-54 (#93)

The Bobby Brown Story (repeat) (BET, 9:30 PM, 155 min.)
• 0.809 million viewers (#22)
• 0.55 HH (#20)
• 0.30 A18-49 (#8)
• 0.24 A18-34 (#6)
• 0.33 A25-54 (#12)

College Football Prime Clemson at Texas A&M (ESPN, 7:00 PM, 221 min.)
• 4.486 million viewers (#1)
• 2.56 HH (#1)
• 1.39 A18-49 (#1)
• 1.10 A18-34 (#1)
• 1.68 A25-54 (#1)

College Football Prime Michigan State at Arizona State (ESPN, 10:45 PM, 215 min.)
• 2.297 million viewers (#2)
• 1.46 HH (#2)
• 0.83 A18-49 (#2)
• 0.60 A18-34 (#2)
• 0.94 A25-54 (#2)

College Football Prime Southeastern Louisiana vs. LSU (ESPN2, 7:07 PM, 182 min.)
• 0.858 million viewers (#21)
• 0.51 HH (#26)
• 0.24 A18-49 (#18)
• 0.20 A18-34 (#12)
• 0.28 A25-54 (#20)

College Football Scoreboard (ESPN2, 10:09 PM, 6 min.)
• 0.514 million viewers (#68)
• 0.31 HH (#70)
• 0.14 A18-49 (#64)
• 0.11 A18-34 (#43)
• 0.15 A25-54 (#78)

College Football Prime Cal vs. BYU (ESPN2, 10:15 PM, 216 min.)
• 0.586 million viewers (#54)
• 0.34 HH (#60)
• 0.18 A18-49 (#35)
• 0.17 A18-34 (#17)
• 0.20 A25-54 (#50)

Watters World (FOXNC, 8:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.561 million viewers (#6)
• 1.02 HH (#7)
• 0.11 A18-49 (#83)
• 0.03 A18-34 (#100)
• 0.20 A25-54 (#50)

Justice with Judge Jeanine (FOXNC, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.856 million viewers (#4)
• 1.23 HH (#4)
• 0.10 A18-49 (#93)
• 0.06 A18-34 (#85)
• 0.19 A25-54 (#59)

The Greg Gutfeld Show (FOXNC, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.597 million viewers (#5)
• 1.07 HH (#5)
• 0.14 A18-49 (#64)
• 0.10 A18-34 (#54)
• 0.23 A25-54 (#35)

UFC 228 PPV Prelims (FX, 8:00 PM, 120 min.)
• 0.560 million viewers (#59)
• 0.33 HH (#63)
• 0.25 A18-49 (#15)
• 0.23 A18-34 (#8)
• 0.27 A25-54 (#25)

FXX Movie Prime Warcraft (FXX, 7:00 PM, 150 min.)
• 0.391 million viewers (#84)
• 0.24 HH (#88)
• 0.10 A18-49 (#93)
• 0.05 A18-34 (#92)
• 0.14 A25-54 (#84)

Hallmark Movie Love at First Dance (repeat) (HALL, 7:00 PM, 120 min.)
• 1.480 million viewers (#7)
• 1.06 HH (#6)
• 0.22 A18-49 (#22)
• 0.13 A18-34 (#32)
• 0.29 A25-54 (#16)

Hallmark Original Movie Wedding of Dreams (HALL, 9:00 PM, 120 min.)
• 2.003 million viewers (#3)
• 1.41 HH (#3)
• 0.25 A18-49 (#15)
• 0.14 A18-34 (#29)
• 0.37 A25-54 (#7)

The Greatest Showman (HBO, 8:00 PM, 105 min.)
• 1.118 million viewers (#13)
• 0.65 HH (#16)
• 0.30 A18-49 (#8)
• 0.17 A18-34 (#17)
• 0.38 A25-54 (#6)

House Hunters Renovation (HGTV, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 1.196 million viewers (#12)
• 0.77 HH (#12)
• 0.18 A18-49 (#35)
• 0.11 A18-34 (#43)
• 0.30 A25-54 (#14)

Mountain Life (HGTV, 10:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.299 million viewers (#8)
• 0.85 HH (#8)
• 0.21 A18-49 (#25)
• 0.11 A18-34 (#43)
• 0.34 A25-54 (#11)

Mountain Life (HGTV, 10:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.221 million viewers (#9)
• 0.83 HH (#9)
• 0.17 A18-49 (#41)
• 0.06 A18-34 (#85)
• 0.28 A25-54 (#20)

Fatal Vows (ID, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.956 million viewers (#18)
• 0.70 HH (#14)
• 0.27 A18-49 (#11)
• 0.07 A18-34 (#75)
• 0.35 A25-54 (#9)

Movie-Acquired Premiere Her Boyfriend’s Secret (LIF, 8:00 PM, 123 min.)
• 0.786 million viewers (#24)
• 0.54 HH (#23)
• 0.20 A18-49 (#30)
• 0.13 A18-34 (#32)
• 0.24 A25-54 (#31)

Incredible Dr. Pol (NGWD, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.956 million viewers (#18)
• 0.57 HH (#19)
• 0.10 A18-49 (#93)
• 0.04 A18-34 (#96)
• 0.15 A25-54 (#78)

Iyanla, Fix My Life (OWN, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.671 million viewers (#41)
• 0.48 HH (#30)
• 0.19 A18-49 (#32)
• 0.09 A18-34 (#64)
• 0.29 A25-54 (#16)

Mind Your Business (OWN, 10:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.382 million viewers (#88)
• 0.27 HH (#77)
• 0.11 A18-49 (#83)
• 0.05 A18-34 (#92)
• 0.16 A25-54 (#71)

Showtime Championship Boxing (SHO, 9:00 PM, 16 min.)
• 0.313 million viewers (#96)
• 0.19 HH (#96)
• 0.10 A18-49 (#93)
• 0.06 A18-34 (#85)
• 0.14 A25-54 (#84)

Showtime Championship Boxing Adam Kownacki vs. Charles Martin (SHO, 9:16 PM, 43 min.)
• 0.395 million viewers (#83)
• 0.24 HH (#88)
• 0.15 A18-49 (#54)
• 0.07 A18-34 (#75)
• 0.19 A25-54 (#59)

Showtime Championship Boxing (SHO, 9:59 PM, 13 min.)
• 0.414 million viewers (#80)
• 0.25 HH (#84)
• 0.18 A18-49 (#35)
• 0.09 A18-34 (#64)
• 0.21 A25-54 (#43)

Showtime Championship Boxing Yordenis Ugas vs. Cesar Miguel Barrionuevo (SHO, 10:12 PM, 49 min.)
• 0.447 million viewers (#77)
• 0.27 HH (#77)
• 0.18 A18-49 (#35)
• 0.10 A18-34 (#54)
• 0.22 A25-54 (#39)

Syfy Movie Anaconda 3 (SYFY, 9:00 PM, 123 min.)
• 0.730 million viewers (#33)
• 0.45 HH (#37)
• 0.16 A18-49 (#49)
• 0.10 A18-34 (#54)
• 0.21 A25-54 (#43)

The Big Bang Theory (repeat) (TBS, 10:00 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.205 million viewers (#11)
• 0.80 HH (#10)
• 0.35 A18-49 (#3)
• 0.17 A18-34 (#17)
• 0.47 A25-54 (#4)

The Big Bang Theory (repeat) (TBS, 10:30 PM, 30 min.)
• 1.206 million viewers (#10)
• 0.79 HH (#11)
• 0.35 A18-49 (#3)
• 0.19 A18-34 (#13)
• 0.49 A25-54 (#3)

Ghost Adventures Pop-Ups (TRAV, 9:00 PM, 60 min.)
• 0.628 million viewers (#49)
• 0.38 HH (#51)
• 0.22 A18-49 (#22)
• 0.08 A18-34 (#70)
• 0.30 A25-54 (#14)

For the entire week of September 3-9, 2018 in Total Day (8 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), Adult Swim is up 3.1 percent in viewership (665,000 vs. 646,000) and up 5.0 percent among Adults 18-49 (430,000 vs. 409,000) from one week earlier; the network is also down 17 percent in viewership (665,000 vs. 803,000) and down 11 percent among Adults 18-49 (430,000 vs. 484,000) from the same week one year ago (September 4-10, 2017).

Programming Insider TOONAMI – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018













Adult Swim PROGRAM Viewers
(000)		 A1849
rating		 A1849
(000)
10:00 My Hero Academia (r) 655 0.24 315
10:30 Dragon Ball Super 695 0.28 363
11:00 Attack on Titan 512 0.20 252
11:30 FLCL: Alternative (p) 440 0.17 222
12:00a Pop Team Epic 359 0.16 207
12:30a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable 356 0.16 206
1:00a Hunter X Hunter (r) 341 0.16 201
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1:30a Black Clover (r) 348 0.16 209
2:00a Naruto: Shippuden (r) 329 0.16 202
2:30a One-Punch Man (r) 285 0.14 178
3:00a Lupin The 3rd: Part 4 (r) 271 0.14 180
3:30a Cowboy Bebop (r) 268 0.14 175

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

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