Saturday Night Ratings Analysis (18 Nov 06)

Written by charmed_dude from the blog US TV Ratings on 19 Nov 2006
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Saturday Night Rating Analysis for Saturday 19 November 2006
Source: Nielson Media Ratings

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Biggest Winner:
College Football (ABC)
ABC Saturday hits a season high with College Football. Last year this time, ABC Saturday were doing pathetically with ABC Saturday Movie. Ratings are up!

Biggest Losers:
Saturday Night in General (All Nets)
Saturday is a dead zone on Network television and new network, The CW doesn’t even broadcast on Saturday evenings. How flip side is Saturday night ratings are better for FOX than Thursday and Friday.

Ratings By Network:

CBS:
8:00PM Cold Case (encore)- Viewers: #2, 6.97 million; A18-49: #3t, 1.5/ 5
9:00PM CSI: Miami (encore)- Viewers: #2, 7.25 million; A18-49: #2, 1.8/ 6
10:00PM 48 Hours Mystery- Viewers: #2, 7,53 million; A18-49: #2, 2.2/ 7

ABC:
8:00PM College Football (3 Hours)- Viewers: #1, 7.91 million; A18-49: #1, 2.7/9

NBC:
8:00PM Dateline: To Catch a Predator (encore) (2 Hours)- Viewers: #4, 4.94 million; A18-49: #4: 1.5/ 5
10:00PM Law and Order: SVU (encore)- Viewers: #3, 7.47 million; A18-49: #3, 2.1/ 7

FOX:
8:00PM Cops- Viewers: #3, 5.32 million; A18-49: #2, 1.9/ 6
9:00PM America’s Most Wanted- Viewers: #3, 4, 6.06 million; A18-49: #2, 2.1/ 7

THE CW:
Does not broadcast on Saturdays. n/a

The Ratings:
Source: Media Week

Note: The following results are based on the fast national ratings (Live Plus Same Day data).

-Household Rating/Share
ABC: 5.0/ 9
CBS: 5.0/ 9
NBC: 4.0/ 7
FOX: 3.5/ 6

-Total Viewers:
ABC: 7.91 million
CBS: 7.25
NBC: 5.78
FOX: 5.69

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 2.7 rating/ 9 share, Fox: 2.0/ 6, CBS: 1.8/ 6, NBC: 1.7/ 5

-Ratings Breakdown:
ABC got some mileage on this typically bland Saturday, with College Football at a dominant 7.91 million viewers and a 2.7 rating/9 share among adults 18-49 from 8-11 p.m. Comparatively, this was ABC’s highest rated Saturday to-date this season. CBS and Fox tied for the No. 2 spot, with CBS’ combination of a repeat of Cold Case (Viewers:,#2, 6.97 million; A18-49: #3t, 1.5/ 5), a repeat of CSI: Miami (Viewers: #2, 7.25 million; A18-49: #2, 1.8/ 6) and 48 Hours Mystery (Viewers: #2, 7,53 million; A18-49: #2, 2.2/ 7) second in total viewers and third overall among adults 18-49. FOX’s standard Saturday line-up of Cops (Viewers: #3, 5.32 million; A18-49: #2, 1.9/ 6) and America’s Most Wanted (Viewers: #3, 6.06 million; A18-49: #2, 2.1/ 7) was second overall among adults 18-49 and fourth in total viewers.

Finally, NBC’s combination of a two-hour repeat edition of Dateline: To Catch a Predator (Viewers: #4, 4.94 million; A18-49: #4: 1.5/ 5 from 8-10 p.m.) and a repeat of Law & Order: SVU (Viewers: #3, 7.47 million; A18-49: #3, 2.1/ 7) ranked third overall in total viewers and fourth among adults 18-49. What a night!

Source: Nielson Media Ratings, Media Week