Saturday Overnight Ratings: Both ACC and Big Ten Football Title Games Down More Than 20 Percent from Last Year

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2018

ABC, Fox: College Football end times unconfirmed.

As a result, this report is inaccurate for NBC prime and late night.

Household Rating/Share (top 56 markets)
Fox: 5.6/10, ABC: 2.9/ 5, CBS and NBC: 2.2/ 4 each

-Household Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (12/02/17):
NBC: +22, CBS: no change, Fox: -23, ABC: -26

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Saturday, December 1 broken out by half-hour:

PRIME TIME

8:00-11:30 p.m.
ABC 12/01/18: 2.8/ 5 — “Saturday Night Football: ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Pitt”
ABC 12/02/17: 3.7/ 7 — “Saturday Night Football: ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Miami”

8:00-11:30 p.m.
Fox 12/01/18: 5.6/11 — “College Football: Big Ten Championship: Northwestern vs. Ohio State”
Fox 12/02/17: 7.6/14 — “College Football: Big Ten Championship: Wisconsin vs. Ohio State”

8:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.0/ 6 (#2) — “Saturday Night Football: ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Pitt”
CBS: 2.9/ 5 (#3) — “The Neighborhood” (R)
NBC: 2.0/ 4 (#4) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 5.1/10 (#1) — “College Football: Big Ten Championship: Northwestern vs. Ohio State”

8:30 p.m.
ABC: 3.0/ 6 (#2) — “Saturday Night Football: ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Pitt”
CBS: 1.7/ 3 (#4) — “Happy Together” (R)
NBC: 2.3/ 4 (#3) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 5.9/11 (#1) — “College Football: Big Ten Championship: Northwestern vs. Ohio State”

9:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.1/ 6 (#2) — “Saturday Night Football: ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Pitt”
CBS: 1.8/ 3 (#4) — “S.W.A.T.” (R)
NBC: 2.5/ 4 (#3) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 6.1/11 (#1) — “College Football: Big Ten Championship: Northwestern vs. Ohio State”

9:30 p.m.
ABC: 3.2/ 6 (#2) — “Saturday Night Football: ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Pitt”
CBS: 1.7/ 3 (#4) — “S.W.A.T.” (R)
NBC: 2.7/ 5 (#3) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 5.2/10 (#1) — “College Football: Big Ten Championship: Northwestern vs. Ohio State”

10:00 p.m.
ABC: 2.7/ 5 (#2) — “Saturday Night Football: ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Pitt”
CBS: 2.5/ 5 (#3) — “48 Hours”
NBC: 2.1/ 4 (#4) — “SNL Vintage” (R)
Fox: 4.9/ 9 (#1) — “College Football: Big Ten Championship: Northwestern vs. Ohio State”

10:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.3/ 4 (#3) — “Saturday Night Football: ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Pitt”
CBS: 2.6/ 5 (#2) — “48 Hours”
NBC: 2.0/ 4 (#4) — “SNL Vintage” (R)
Fox: 6.2/12 (#1) — “College Football: Big Ten Championship: Northwestern vs. Ohio State”

11:00 p.m.
ABC: 2.0/ 4 (#2) — “Saturday Night Football: ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Pitt”
Fox: 6.0/12 (#1) — “College Football: Big Ten Championship: Northwestern vs. Ohio State”

LATE NIGHT

11:30 p.m.
NBC: 4.6/10 — “Saturday Night Live: Claire Foy / Anderson Paak”

12:00 a.m.
NBC: 4.3/10 — “Saturday Night Live: Claire Foy / Anderson Paak”

12:30 a.m.
NBC: 3.4/ 9 — “Saturday Night Live: Claire Foy / Anderson Paak”
Fox: 1.8/ 5 — “Hell’s Kitchen” (R)

1:00 a.m.
Fox: 1.1/ 3 — “Hell’s Kitchen” (R)

Source: Nielsen Media Research