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Saturday Overnight Ratings: ‘Saturday Night Live’ with Seth Meyers and Paul Simon on NBC Late Night is the Night’s Top-Rated Big-4 Network Telecast

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018

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

As a result, this report is inaccurate for NBC prime and late night. ABC: College Football end time unconfirmed.

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Household Rating/Share (54 of top 56 markets)
ABC: 3.6/ 7, CBS and NBC: 2.2/ 4 each, Fox: 1.1/ 2

-Household Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (10/14/17):
ABC: +71, NBC: +29, CBS: + 5, Fox: no change

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Saturday, October 13 broken out by half-hour:

PRIME TIME

8:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.9/ 8 (#1) — “Saturday Night Football: Wisconsin at Michigan”
CBS: 2.1/ 4 (#2) — “Crimetime Saturday: NCIS” (repeat)
NBC: 2.0/ 4 (#3) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 1.2/ 2 (#4) — “9-1-1” (repeat)

8:30 p.m.
ABC: 4.1/ 8 (#1) — “Saturday Night Football: Wisconsin at Michigan”
CBS: 2.1/ 4 (#3) — “Crimetime Saturday: NCIS” (repeat)
NBC: 2.3/ 4 (#2) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 1.0/ 2 (#4) — “9-1-1” (repeat)

9:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.7/ 7 (#1) — “Saturday Night Football: Wisconsin at Michigan”
CBS: 1.8/ 3 (#3) — “Crimetime Saturday: Magnum P.I.” (repeat)
NBC: 2.5/ 4 (#2) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 1.1/ 2 (#4) — “9-1-1” (repeat)

9:30 p.m.
ABC: 3.9/ 7 (#1) — “Saturday Night Football: Wisconsin at Michigan”
CBS: 1.8/ 3 (#3) — “Crimetime Saturday: Magnum P.I.” (repeat)
NBC: 2.7/ 5 (#2) — “Dateline Mystery”
Fox: 1.1/ 2 (#4) — “9-1-1” (repeat)

10:00 p.m.
ABC: 3.3/ 6 (#1) — “Saturday Night Football: Wisconsin at Michigan”
CBS: 2.6/ 5 (#2) — “48 Hours”
NBC: 2.0/ 4 (#3) — “SNL Vintage” (repeat)

10:30 p.m.
ABC: 2.7/ 5 (#2) — “Saturday Night Football: Wisconsin at Michigan”
CBS: 2.8/ 6 (#1) — “48 Hours”
NBC: 2.0/ 4 (#3) — “SNL Vintage” (repeat)

LATE NIGHT

11:00 p.m.
Fox: 0.8/ 2 — “Hell’s Kitchen” (repeat)

11:30 p.m.
NBC: 5.0/11 (#1) — “Saturday Night Live: Seth Meyers/Paul Simon”
Fox: 0.6/ 2 (#2) — “Hell’s Kitchen” (repeat)

12:00 a.m.
NBC: 4.5/11 — “Saturday Night Live: Seth Meyers/Paul Simon”

12:30 a.m.
NBC: 3.6/10 — “Saturday Night Live: Seth Meyers/Paul Simon”

11:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m.
NBC 10/13/18: 4.4/10 — “Saturday Night Live: Seth Meyers/Paul Simon”
NBC 10/14/17: 4.6/11 — “Saturday Night Live: Kumail Nanjani/Pink”

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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