Sunday night’s double-overtime thriller between Notre Dame and Texas on ABC and WatchESPN delivered a total live audience measurement (TV + Streaming) of 11.093 million average viewers, the most-watched college football kickoff weekend game on record across all networks*. This bests the previous total audience record that had been set one year prior: ESPN’s Ohio State and Virginia Tech on September 7, 2015 (10.76 million).
The streaming audience for the Longhorns’ 50-47 victory set new ESPN records for a regular season college football game, with an average minute audience of 194,000 and a total of 786,000 unique viewers viewing 49.9 million minutes overall.
Sunday night’s ABC audience peaked at 13.522 million average viewers between 11 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. ET as the fourth quarter came to a conclusion and overtime began.
*Records date back to 1990 for ESPN and 1996 for ABC. Competitive networks include CBS, Fox, FS1, FX, NBCSN and TBS. Data goes back as far to 1996 with CBS. TV data based on Fast Nationals
(Source: ESPN)
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| * AFF = Number of affiliates (stations) airing the program | ||||||||
| * CVG = percent of coverage in U.S. | ||||||||
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-11 | Network Average | 5.6/11 | 10106 | 2.1/11 | 2.8/12 | 3.3/12 | ||
| 7:00 | ABC Fall Preview (s) | 244 | 94 | 2.3/5 | 1857 | 0.6/4 | 0.9/4 | 1.1/4 |
| 7:30 | College Football Pregame (s) (thru 7:35) | 3.0/7 | 4905 | 0.9/6 | 1.3/7 | 1.6/7 | ||
| 7:30 | College Football Notre Dame @ Texas (s) (thru 11:52) | 246 | 94 | 6.4/13 | 10945 | 2.6/14 | 3.3/14 | 3.8/13 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 7-11 | Network Average | 2.9/6 | 4415 | 0.4/2 | 0.6/3 | 0.9/3 | ||
| 7:00 | 60 Minutes (r) | 254 | 94 | 4.8/10 | 7323 | 0.3/2 | 0.6/3 | 1.0/4 |
| 8:01 | Big Brother 18 | 254 | 94 | 3.2/6 | 5150 | 1.0/5 | 1.4/6 | 1.6/6 |
| 9:00 | Madam Secretary (r) | 254 | 94 | 1.9/4 | 2817 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 |
| 10:00 | BrainDead | 254 | 94 | 1.6/3 | 2333 | 0.1/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 7-11 | Network Average | 2.9/6 | 4637 | 0.5/3 | 0.9/4 | 1.4/5 | ||
| 6:32 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Bojangles’ Southern 500 (Darlington) (s) (thru 10:30) | 242 | 94 | 2.8/6 | 4637 | 0.5/3 | 0.9/4 | 1.3/5 |
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PROGRAM | AFF* | CVG* (PCT) |
HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 7-10 | Network Average | 0.7/1 | 1185 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.5/2 | ||
| 7:00 | The Simpsons (r) | 255 | 94 | 0.7/2 | 1091 | 0.3/2 | 0.4/2 | 0.4/2 |
| 7:29 | Bob’s Burgers (r) | 255 | 94 | 0.7/1 | 1121 | 0.4/2 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 |
| 7:59 | The Simpsons (r) | 255 | 94 | 0.8/2 | 1291 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.6/2 |
| 8:30 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine (r) | 255 | 94 | 0.8/1 | 1192 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.6/2 |
| 9:01 | Family Guy (r) | 254 | 94 | 0.9/2 | 1377 | 0.5/2 | 0.6/2 | 0.7/2 |
| 9:30 | The Last Man on Earth (r) | 255 | 94 | 0.7/1 | 1035 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 | 0.5/1 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 7-11 | Network Average | 1.1/2 | 1975 | 0.6/3 | ||||
| 7:00 | Aqui y Ahora | 1.1/2 | 1938 | 0.6/3 | ||||
| 8:00 | Va Por Ti | 1.1/2 | 2062 | 0.6/3 | ||||
| 10:05 | Sal y Pimienta (thru 11:05) | 1.1/2 | 1803 | 0.6/2 | ||||
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
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| 7-11 | Network Average | 0.4/1 | 618 | 0.2/1 | ||||
| 6:00 | Cine Robos en Cadena (2002) | 0.4/1 | 599 | 0.2/1 | ||||
| 7:30 | Cine Un Buen Hombre (2014) | 0.5/1 | 802 | 0.3/1 | ||||
| 9:30 | La Embajada | 0.2/0 | 356 | 0.1/0 | ||||
Sub-Demo Breakdowns – Sunday 9/04/16
“ABC Fall Preview” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.6/4
Men 18-34: 0.5/5
Women 18-49: 0.8/4
Men 18-49: 0.9/5
“College Football Pregame” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 0.8/5
Men 18-34: 1.0/7
Women 18-49: 1.0/5
Men 18-49: 1.6/9
“College Football: Notre Dame @ Texas” (ABC)
Women 18-34: 2.0/10
Men 18-34: 3.2/18
Women 18-49: 2.3/9
Men 18-49: 4.3/18
“Big Brother 18” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 1.2/6
Men 18-34: 0.7/4
Women 18-49: 1.6/7
Men 18-49: 1.1/5
“BrainDead” (CBS)
Women 18-34: 0.1/1
Men 18-34: 0.1/1
Women 18-49: 0.3/1
Men 18-49: 0.2/1
“NASCAR Sprint Cup Race: Bojangles’ Southern 500 (Darlington)” (NBC)
Women 18-34: 0.4/2
Men 18-34: 0.6/4
Women 18-49: 0.7/3
Men 18-49: 1.1/5
“Fear the Walking Dead” (AMC)
Women 18-34: 0.93
Men 18-34: 1.04
Women 18-49: 1.22
Men 18-49: 1.25
“Talking Dead” (AMC)
Women 18-34: 0.38
Men 18-34: 0.32
Women 18-49: 0.46
Men 18-49: 0.43
“The Last Ship” (TNT)
Women 18-34: 0.26
Men 18-34: 0.22
Women 18-49: 0.45
Men 18-49: 0.51
“Murder in the First” (TNT)
Women 18-34: 0.17
Men 18-34: 0.11
Women 18-49: 0.30
Men 18-49: 0.24
“Power” (Starz)
Women 18-34: 0.82
Men 18-34: 0.66
Women 18-49: 0.98
Men 18-49: 0.77
“Survivor’s Remorse” (Starz)
Women 18-34: 0.30
Men 18-34: 0.26
Women 18-49: 0.36
Men 18-49: 0.33
“The Strain” (FX)
Women 18-34: 0.24
Men 18-34: 0.42
Women 18-49: 0.37
Men 18-49: 0.46
“MLB Baseball: Washington @ N.Y. Mets” (ESPN)
Household rating: 0.60
Women 18-34: 0.15
Men 18-34: 0.25
Women 18-49: 0.18
Men 18-49: 0.32
“U.S. Open Tennis: Round of 16” (ESPN2)
Household rating: 0.63
Women 18-34: 0.11
Men 18-34: 0.16
Women 18-49: 0.15
Men 18-49: 0.21
Cable Rankings – Sunday 9/04/16
What follows are the top 100 most-watched shows in prime time on cable (by order of network) for Sunday, September 4:
| * Vwrs = Viewers in thousands; V-No = Prime time rank in viewers; D-No = Prime time rank in demo (adults 18-49) | |||||||
| V-No* | D-No* | Program | Net | Start | Dur | Vwrs* | A1849 |
| 64 | 55 | HOARDERS AC | A&E | 8:00 PM | 60 | 843 | 0.24 |
| 70 | 58 | HOARDERS AC | A&E | 9:00 PM | 60 | 798 | 0.23 |
| 61 | 32 | ESCAPING POLYGAMY | A&E | 10:00 PM | 61 | 860 | 0.30 |
| 98 | 57 | KING OF THE HILL | ADSM | 8:00 PM | 30 | 651 | 0.23 |
| 67 | 28 | CLEVELAND SHOW | ADSM | 8:30 PM | 30 | 816 | 0.32 |
| 47 | 16 | CLEVELAND SHOW | ADSM | 9:00 PM | 30 | 992 | 0.40 |
| 29 | 9 | AMERICAN DAD | ADSM | 9:30 PM | 30 | 1218 | 0.51 |
| 17 | 6 | FAMILY GUY | ADSM | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1520 | 0.66 |
| 10 | 4 | FAMILY GUY | ADSM | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1636 | 0.72 |
| 82 | 60 | FEAR THE WALKING DEAD | AMC | 7:59 PM | 61 | 694 | 0.23 |
| 1 | 1 | FEAR THE WALKING DEAD | AMC | 9:00 PM | 61 | 2991 | 1.24 |
| 36 | 13 | TALKING DEAD: FEAR | AMC | 10:01 PM | 59 | 1130 | 0.45 |
| 88 | 96 | YELLOWSTONE: BATTLE FOR LIFE | APL | 9:01 PM | 122 | 684 | 0.10 |
| 99 | 64 | BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK: FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY | BET | 6:10 PM | 165 | 638 | 0.21 |
| 93 | 68 | BET MOVIE OF THE WEEK: DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN | BET | 8:55 PM | 185 | 667 | 0.20 |
| 87 | 17 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 10:00 PM | 30 | 685 | 0.39 |
| 76 | 14 | SOUTH PARK | CMDY | 10:30 PM | 30 | 752 | 0.43 |
| 86 | 52 | FAST N LOUD | DISC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 689 | 0.24 |
| 79 | 87 | LIV AND MADDIE | DSNY | 7:00 PM | 30 | 734 | 0.14 |
| 69 | 84 | WALK THE PRANK | DSNY | 7:30 PM | 30 | 808 | 0.15 |
| 52 | 75 | K.C. UNDERCOVER | DSNY | 8:00 PM | 30 | 948 | 0.18 |
| 50 | 66 | BIZAARDVARK | DSNY | 8:30 PM | 30 | 963 | 0.20 |
| 23 | 38 | ADV IN BABYSITTING (2016) | DSNY | 9:00 PM | 105 | 1350 | 0.29 |
| 28 | 47 | GIRL MEETS WORLD | DSNY | 10:45 PM | 25 | 1241 | 0.26 |
| 96 | 74 | MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE | DISJR | 7:00 PM | 25 | 663 | 0.18 |
| 100 | 43 | KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS | E! | 8:00 PM | 60 | 637 | 0.28 |
| 15 | 5 | KEEPING UP KARDASHIANS | E! | 9:00 PM | 61 | 1528 | 0.68 |
| 53 | 50 | MLB SUNDAY NIGHT: WASHINGTON / NY METS (0.60 HH) | ESPN | 8:00 PM | 191 | 947 | 0.25 |
| 41 | 76 | TENNIS: US OPEN AFTERNOON: ROUND OF 16 | ESPN2 | 11:00 AM | 490 | 1089 | 0.18 |
| 49 | 77 | TENNIS: US OPEN PRIME: ROUND OF 16 (0.63 HH) | ESPN2 | 7:10 PM | 313 | 979 | 0.18 |
| 84 | 70 | GUY’S GROCERY GAMES | FOOD | 7:00 PM | 60 | 692 | 0.19 |
| 32 | 21 | GUY’S GROCERY GAMES | FOOD | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1200 | 0.35 |
| 31 | 18 | GREAT FOOD TRUCK RACE 7 | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1203 | 0.38 |
| 43 | 31 | COOKS VS. CONS | FOOD | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1062 | 0.31 |
| 42 | 98 | FOX REPORT SUNDAY | FOXNC | 7:00 PM | 60 | 1072 | 0.09 |
| 62 | 99 | LEGENDS & LIES | FOXNC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 859 | 0.08 |
| 73 | 97 | JUSTICE W/ JUDGE JEANINE | FOXNC | 9:00 PM | 60 | 757 | 0.09 |
| 63 | 93 | FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOXNC | 10:00 PM | 60 | 857 | 0.11 |
| 16 | 7 | SUNDAY MOVIE: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 | FRFM | 5:30 PM | 210 | 1521 | 0.65 |
| 5 | 3 | SUNDAY MOVIE: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 | FRFM | 9:00 PM | 180 | 1820 | 0.77 |
| 34 | 11 | FX MOVIE WEEKEND AFTERNOON: TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON | FX | 4:00 PM | 209 | 1147 | 0.48 |
| 55 | 19 | FX MOVIE PRIME: THOR: THE DARK WORLD | FX | 7:29 PM | 151 | 919 | 0.38 |
| 48 | 15 | THE STRAIN | FX | 10:00 PM | 63 | 987 | 0.42 |
| 19 | 62 | HALLMARK MOVIE: TULIPS IN SPRING | HALL | 7:00 PM | 120 | 1497 | 0.22 |
| 2 | 30 | CHESAPEAKE SHORES | HALL | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2213 | 0.31 |
| 83 | 100 | MYSTERY MOVIE: GARAGE SALE MYSTERY: GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT | HMM | 9:00 PM | 120 | 693 | 0.06 |
| 38 | 53 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | 7:00 PM | 60 | 1128 | 0.24 |
| 25 | 59 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1344 | 0.23 |
| 13 | 48 | AMERICAN PICKERS | HIST | 9:00 PM | 57 | 1552 | 0.26 |
| 7 | 27 | AMERICAN PICKERS XTRA | HIST | 9:57 PM | 3 | 1701 | 0.33 |
| 46 | 33 | OZZY & JACK’S WORLD DETOUR | HIST | 10:00 PM | 63 | 1001 | 0.30 |
| 22 | 29 | HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 7:00 PM | 30 | 1409 | 0.32 |
| 20 | 24 | HOUSE HUNTERS | HGTV | 7:30 PM | 30 | 1492 | 0.34 |
| 18 | 35 | BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT | HGTV | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1498 | 0.30 |
| 8 | 37 | BEACHFRONT BARGAIN HUNT | HGTV | 8:30 PM | 30 | 1669 | 0.29 |
| 14 | 42 | MEXICO LIFE | HGTV | 9:00 PM | 30 | 1538 | 0.28 |
| 12 | 39 | MEXICO LIFE | HGTV | 9:30 PM | 30 | 1566 | 0.29 |
| 9 | 34 | ISLAND HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:00 PM | 30 | 1658 | 0.30 |
| 6 | 22 | ISLAND HUNTERS | HGTV | 10:30 PM | 30 | 1769 | 0.35 |
| 71 | 78 | BARBARA WALTERS PRESENTS AMERICAN SCANDALS | ID | 7:00 PM | 60 | 780 | 0.17 |
| 59 | 72 | DATELINE ON ID | ID | 8:00 PM | 60 | 883 | 0.19 |
| 37 | 65 | DATELINE ON ID | ID | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1129 | 0.21 |
| 30 | 54 | ON THE CASE WITH PAULA ZAHN | ID | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1211 | 0.24 |
| 80 | 80 | MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT: THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND | LIF | 7:00 PM | 120 | 718 | 0.17 |
| 66 | 67 | MOVIE- ACQUIRED RPT: BACKSTABBED | LIF | 9:00 PM | 122 | 825 | 0.20 |
| 89 | 83 | HITLER’S G.I. DEATH CAMP | NGC | 7:00 PM | 60 | 683 | 0.16 |
| 75 | 86 | 24 HOURS AFTER HIROSHIMA | NGC | 8:00 PM | 60 | 756 | 0.14 |
| 78 | 82 | POPE VS. HITLER | NGC | 9:00 PM | 120 | 739 | 0.16 |
| 90 | 88 | BLAZE | NKJR | 7:00 PM | 30 | 679 | 0.14 |
| 92 | 90 | BLAZE | NKJR | 7:30 PM | 30 | 671 | 0.13 |
| 97 | 91 | HEY DUGGEE | NKJR | 8:00 PM | 30 | 657 | 0.12 |
| 58 | 61 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:00 PM | 30 | 888 | 0.23 |
| 54 | 51 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 9:30 PM | 30 | 941 | 0.25 |
| 64 | 56 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:00 PM | 30 | 843 | 0.23 |
| 57 | 49 | FULL HOUSE | NAN | 10:30 PM | 30 | 892 | 0.25 |
| 44 | 79 | THUNDERMANS | NICK | 7:00 PM | 30 | 1054 | 0.17 |
| 45 | 71 | THUNDERMANS | NICK | 7:30 PM | 30 | 1036 | 0.19 |
| 39 | 69 | NICKY, RICKY, DICKY & DAWN | NICK | 8:00 PM | 30 | 1124 | 0.19 |
| 33 | 63 | NICKY, RICKY, DICKY & DAWN | NICK | 8:30 PM | 30 | 1198 | 0.22 |
| 35 | 10 | INTERSTITIAL BREAK | STARZ | 8:58 PM | 4 | 1141 | 0.51 |
| 4 | 2 | POWER 3 | STARZ | 9:02 PM | 58 | 1987 | 0.88 |
| 27 | 8 | INTERSTITIAL BREAK | STARZ | 10:00 PM | 2 | 1285 | 0.53 |
| 51 | 23 | SURVIVORS REMORSE 3 | STARZ | 10:02 PM | 28 | 951 | 0.34 |
| 76 | 41 | INTERSTITIAL BREAK | STARZ | 10:30 PM | 2 | 752 | 0.28 |
| 84 | 73 | SYFY ORIGINAL MOVIE: SHARKNADO 3: OH HELL NO! | SYFY | 7:00 PM | 120 | 692 | 0.18 |
| 95 | 81 | SYFY ORIGINAL MOVIE: SHARKNADO: THE 4TH AWAKENS | SYFY | 9:00 PM | 120 | 665 | 0.17 |
| 56 | 46 | STEVEN UNIVERSE | TOON | 6:00 PM | 120 | 911 | 0.27 |
| 72 | 45 | MY BIG FAT AMERICAN GYPSY | TLC | 9:00 PM | 122 | 775 | 0.27 |
| 60 | 36 | PACIFIC RIM | TNT | 6:15 PM | 165 | 861 | 0.30 |
| 3 | 12 | THE LAST SHIP | TNT | 9:00 PM | 60 | 2130 | 0.48 |
| 11 | 44 | MURDER IN THE FIRST | TNT | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1612 | 0.27 |
| 93 | 95 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND | TVL | 9:00 PM | 30 | 667 | 0.11 |
| 81 | 94 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND | TVL | 9:30 PM | 30 | 706 | 0.11 |
| 73 | 92 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND | TVL | 10:00 PM | 30 | 757 | 0.12 |
| 68 | 85 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND | TVL | 10:30 PM | 30 | 813 | 0.14 |
| 40 | 40 | LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 7:00 PM | 60 | 1109 | 0.28 |
| 26 | 25 | LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 8:00 PM | 60 | 1298 | 0.34 |
| 24 | 26 | LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 9:00 PM | 60 | 1345 | 0.33 |
| 21 | 20 | LAW & ORDER: SVU | USA | 10:00 PM | 60 | 1441 | 0.37 |
| 91 | 89 | CSI MIAMI | WETV | 10:00 PM | 60 | 675 | 0.13 |
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
