Saturday Overnight Ratings: Alabama-LSU is Top-Rated CBS Early November Prime Time College Football Game in Five Years

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Notes: NBC Prime aired out of pattern and ‪Saturday Night‬ Live ran live across the country, with encores on the West Coast.

CBS, ABC, Fox: College Football end times unconfirmed.

Household Rating/Share (top 56 markets)
CBS: 6.9/13, NBC: 2.4/ 4, ABC: 1.8/ 3, Fox: 1.4/ 3

-Household Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (11/04/17):
CBS: +82, NBC: +20, ABC: -14, Fox: -39

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Saturday, November 3 broken out by half-hour:

PRIME TIME

8:00 p.m.
ABC: 1.4/ 3 (#4) — “Saturday Night Football: Oklahoma at Texas Tech”
CBS: 6.3/12 (#1) — “College Football: Alabama at LSU”
NBC: 2.1/ 4 (#2) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 1.8/ 3 (#3) — “College Football: UCLA at Oregon”

8:30 p.m.
ABC: 1.5/ 3 (#3) — “Saturday Night Football: Oklahoma at Texas Tech”
CBS: 7.6/14 (#1) — “College Football: Alabama at LSU”
NBC: 2.4/ 4 (#2) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 1.4/ 3 (#4) — “College Football: UCLA at Oregon”

9:00 p.m.
ABC: 1.6/ 3 (#3) — “Saturday Night Football: Oklahoma at Texas Tech”
CBS: 8.0/14 (#1) — “College Football: Alabama at LSU”
NBC: 2.8/ 5 (#2) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 1.2/ 2 (#4) — “College Football: UCLA at Oregon”

9:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.0/ 4 (#3) — “Saturday Night Football: Oklahoma at Texas Tech”
CBS: 6.9/12 (#1) — “College Football: Alabama at LSU”
NBC: 3.1/ 5 (#2) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 1.1/ 2 (#4) — “College Football: UCLA at Oregon”

10:00 p.m.
ABC: 1.9/ 3 (#3) — “Saturday Night Football: Oklahoma at Texas Tech”
CBS: 6.9/12 (#1) — “College Football: Alabama at LSU”
NBC: 2.2/ 4 (#2) — “SNL Vintage” (repeat)
Fox: 1.0/ 2 (#4) — “College Football: UCLA at Oregon”

10:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.3/ 4 (#2) — “Saturday Night Football: Oklahoma at Texas Tech”
CBS: 6.3/12 (#1) — “College Football: Alabama at LSU”
NBC: 2.0/ 4 (#3) — “SNL Vintage” (repeat)
Fox: 1.0/ 2 (#4) — “College Football: UCLA at Oregon”

11:00 p.m.
ABC: 2.6/ 5 — “Saturday Night Football: Oklahoma at Texas Tech”

LATE NIGHT

11:30 p.m.
NBC: 5.0/10 — “Saturday Night Live: Jonah Hill / Maggie Rogers”

12:00 a.m.
NBC: 4.6/10 — “Saturday Night Live: Jonah Hill / Maggie Rogers”
Fox: 0.8/ 2 — “Hell’s Kitchen” (repeat)

12:30 a.m.
NBC: 3.7/10 — “Saturday Night Live: Jonah Hill / Maggie Rogers”
Fox: 0.6/ 2 — “Hell’s Kitchen” (repeat)

Source: Nielsen Media Research