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Saturday Ratings: ABC Returns to Prime Time Lead with TCU-Texas College Football

Saturday 11/12/22

Total Viewers:
ABC: 4.45 million, Fox: 2.71, CBS: 2.26, NBC: 1.91, CW: 363,000

Adults 18-49:
ABC: 1.0 rating/10 share, Fox: 0.6/ 6, ABC and CBS: 0.2/ 2 each; CW: 0.1/ 1

Note: the following fast affiliate results for any of the live events mentioned in this article are all approximate

With baseball now in the rearview mirror on the sports calendar, it’s all college football on Saturdays for the rest of the month.

The playoff-contending TCU’s 17-10 win over Texas helped ABC to a win in prime time with “Saturday Night Football.” Its half-hours were:

8:00 — Viewers: 4.61 million, A18-49: 1.0/ 9
8:30 — Viewers: 5.04 million, A18-49: 1.1/10
9:00 — Viewers: 4.36 million, A18-49: 1.0/ 9
9:30 — Viewers: 4.23 million, A18-49: 1.0/ 9
10:00 — Viewers: 4.40 million, A18-49: 1.1/10
10:30 — Viewers: 4.04 million, A18-49: 0.9/ 9

Fox was runner-up with Pac-12 action. It aired a doubleheader of Washington-Oregon and Arizona-UCLA. Here were its half-hours:

Washington-Oregon
8:00 — Viewers: 2.68 million, A18-49: 0.6/ 6
8:30 — Viewers: 2.36 million, A18-49: 0.5/ 5
9:00 — Viewers: 2.45 million, A18-49: 0.6/ 5
9:30 — Viewers: 2.62 million, A18-49: 0.7/ 6

Arizona-UCLA
10:00 — Viewers: 2.72 million, A18-49: 0.7/ 6
10:30 — Viewers: 3.46 million, A18-49: 0.8/ 8

CBS’ lone original Saturday program was “48 Hours” (Viewers: #3, 2.70 million; A18-49: #4, 0.2/ 2).

NBC was in repeats.

The CW aired an original edition of “Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars” (Viewers: #5, 334,000; A18-49: #5, 0.1/ 1 from 8-9 p.m.), followed by a new episode of “World’s Funniest Animals” at 9 p.m. (Viewers: #5, 364,000; A18-49: #5, 0.0/ 0) and a rerun at 9:30 p.m. (Viewers: #5, 417,000; A18-49: #5, 0.0/ 0).

Although their fast affiliate figures were not yet available at post time, it is projected that ESPN (with Georgia-Mississippi State), and Hallmark Channel (with the telefilm “The Royal Nanny”) to be at least in the competitive mix and among the leading networks in prime time.

UPDATED 11/15/2022 9:08 PM ET: What follows are the Live + Same Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Saturday, November 12, 2022:

ABC
• 5.142 million viewers
• 2.8/8 HH (3.461 million households)
• 1.28/12 A18-49 rating/share (1.670 million adults 18-49)

College Football Scoreboard (Sustainer) (ABC, 6:56 PM- 7:30 PM)
• 2.646 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.793 million households)
• 0.60/6 A18-49 rating/share (0.786 million adults 18-49)

Pregame Drive (ABC, 7:30 PM- 7:37 PM)
• 3.201 million viewers
• 1.7/5 HH (2.102 million households)
• 0.80/8 A18-49 rating/share (1.049 million adults 18-49)

Saturday Night Football TCU at Texas (ABC, 7:37 PM-11:06 PM)
• 5.034 million viewers
• 2.8/8 HH (3.383 million households)
• 1.25/12 A18-49 rating/share (1.632 million adults 18-49)

CBS
• 2.343 million viewers
• 1.5/4 HH (1.805 million households)
• 0.26/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.333 million adults 18-49)

College Football Alabama at Ole Miss (CBS, 3:45 PM- 7:06 PM)
• 8.706 million viewers
• 4.9/16 HH (5.988 million households)
• 2.06/23 A18-49 rating/share (2.683 million adults 18-49)

CBS College Football Post Game (CBS, 7:06 PM- 7:20 PM)
• 5.616 million viewers
• 3.2/9 HH (3.878 million households)
• 1.25/12 A18-49 rating/share (1.635 million adults 18-49)

CBS Saturday Encore NCIS: Los Angeles (R) (CBS, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 2.189 million viewers
• 1.3/4 HH (1.643 million households)
• 0.28/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.366 million adults 18-49)

CBS Saturday Encore The Equalizer (R) (CBS, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 2.036 million viewers
• 1.3/4 HH (1.564 million households)
• 0.21/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.279 million adults 18-49)

48 Hours (CBS, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 2.805 million viewers
• 1.8/5 HH (2.207 million households)
• 0.27/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.355 million adults 18-49)

NBC
• 1.689 million viewers
• 1.1/3 HH (1.325 million households)
• 0.21/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.272 million adults 18-49)

Password (R) (NBC, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 1.516 million viewers
• 1.0/3 HH (1.205 million households)
• 0.13/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.176 million adults 18-49)

Dateline Mystery (NBC, 9:00 PM-10:00 PM)
• 1.985 million viewers
• 1.3/4 HH (1.562 million households)
• 0.23/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.298 million adults 18-49)

Saturday Night Live (R) (NBC, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 1.564 million viewers
• 1.0/3 HH (1.207 million households)
• 0.26/3 A18-49 rating/share (0.340 million adults 18-49)

Fox
• 3.673 million viewers
• 2.0/5 HH (2.405 million households)
• 0.86/8 A18-49 rating/share (1.116 million adults 18-49)

Fox CFB Pre Kick-Prime (Fox, 7:04 PM- 7:13 PM)
• 2.228 million viewers
• 1.3/4 HH (1.596 million households)
• 0.47/5 A18-49 rating/share (0.616 million adults 18-49)

Fox CFB – Pac-12 Prime Washington at Oregon (Fox, 7:13 PM-10:53 PM)
• 3.634 million viewers
• 2.0/5 HH (2.388 million households)
• 0.84/8 A18-49 rating/share (1.094 million adults 18-49)

Fox CFB – Pac-12 Late Nite Arizona at UCLA (S) (Fox, 10:57 PM-2:04 AM)
• 1.859 million viewers
• 1.1/5 HH (1.362 million households)
• 0.46/6 A18-49 rating/share (0.594 million adults 18-49)

CW
• 0.358 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.276 million households)
• 0.06/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.076 million adults 18-49)

Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars (CW, 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.331 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.262 million households)
• 0.07/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.094 million adults 18-49)

World’s Funniest Animals (CW, 9:00 PM- 9:30 PM)
• 0.361 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.274 million households)
• 0.04/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.057 million adults 18-49)

World’s Funniest Animals (R) (CW, 9:30 PM-10:00 PM)
• 0.409 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.307 million households)
• 0.04/0 A18-49 rating/share (0.058 million adults 18-49)

Univision
• 0.499 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.338 million households)
• 0.16/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.203 million adults 18-49)

Una Familia De 10 (Univision, 7:00 PM- 7:30 PM)
• 0.458 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.334 million households)
• 0.15/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.198 million adults 18-49)

Vecinos (P) (Univision, 7:30 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 0.442 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.306 million households)
• 0.16/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.213 million adults 18-49)

Cine Especial (Univision, 8:00 PM-10:30 PM)
• 0.537 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.359 million households)
• 0.17/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.216 million adults 18-49)

Tu Crees? (Univision, 10:30 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.306 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.235 million households)
• 0.10/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.136 million adults 18-49)

UniMás
• 0.476 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.291 million households)
• 0.15/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.202 million adults 18-49)

Cineplex (UniMás, 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM)
• 0.525 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.313 million households)
• 0.17/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.223 million adults 18-49)

CineMás Saturday (R) (UniMás, 8:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.476 million viewers
• 0.2/1 HH (0.291 million households)
• 0.15/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.202 million adults 18-49)

Telemundo
• 0.562 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.368 million households)
• 0.18/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.230 million adults 18-49)

Cine Telemundo Saturday III (Telemundo, 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM)
• 0.746 million viewers
• 0.4/1 HH (0.459 million households)
• 0.24/2 A18-49 rating/share (0.309 million adults 18-49)

Diario De Un Gigolo (P) (Telemundo, 9:00 PM-11:00 PM)
• 0.450 million viewers
• 0.3/1 HH (0.315 million households)
• 0.14/1 A18-49 rating/share (0.179 million adults 18-49)

UPDATED 11/21/2022: What follows are the Live + SevenSaturday, November 12, 2022:

Saturday Night Football TCU @ Texas (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 5.034 million viewers, 1.25 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 5.080 million viewers, 1.26 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 5.088 million viewers, 1.26 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.054 million viewers (+1%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+1%)

CBS Saturday Encore NCIS: Los Angeles (R) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.189 million viewers, 0.28 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.294 million viewers, 0.28 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 2.304 million viewers, 0.28 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.115 million viewers (+5%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+0%)

CBS Saturday Encore The Equalizer (R) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.036 million viewers, 0.21 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.174 million viewers, 0.21 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 2.191 million viewers, 0.22 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.155 million viewers (+8%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+1%)

48 Hours (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 2.805 million viewers, 0.27 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 3.487 million viewers, 0.35 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 3.697 million viewers, 0.38 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.892 million viewers (+32%), +0.11 adults 18-49 rating (+40%)

Password (R) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.516 million viewers, 0.14 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.543 million viewers, 0.14 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.552 million viewers, 0.14 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.036 million viewers (+2%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+2%)

Dateline Mystery (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.986 million viewers, 0.23 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 2.164 million viewers, 0.24 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 2.257 million viewers, 0.26 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.271 million viewers (+14%), +0.03 adults 18-49 rating (+12%)

Saturday Night Live (R) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.564 million viewers, 0.26 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.692 million viewers, 0.27 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.716 million viewers, 0.27 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.152 million viewers (+10%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+5%)

Fox CFB — Pac-12 Prime Washington @ Oregon (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 3.634 million viewers, 0.84 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 3.657 million viewers, 0.84 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 3.672 million viewers, 0.84 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.038 million viewers (+1%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+0%)

Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.331 million viewers, 0.07 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.369 million viewers, 0.08 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.384 million viewers, 0.08 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.053 million viewers (+16%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+11%)

World’s Funniest Animals (9:00) (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.361 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.414 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.436 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.075 million viewers (+21%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+3%)

World’s Funniest Animals (9:30) (R) (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.409 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.411 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.411 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.002 million viewers (+0%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+0%)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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