Saturday Night Ratings Analysis (25 Nov 06)

Written by charmed_dude from the blog US TV Ratings on 28 Nov 2006
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Saturday Night Rating Analysis for Saturday 25 November 2006
Source: Nielson Media Ratings

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Biggest Winner:
College Football (ABC)
Impressive number for a Saturday evening broadcast. The network is up by over 100% in viewership compared to its performance last year this time.

Biggest Loser:
Dateline (NBC)
Loser for the night with the lowest viewers and extremely shy demographics.

Ratings By Network:

CBS:
8:00PM Criminal Minds (encore)- Viewers: #2, 8.10 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 7
9:00PM CSI (encore)- Viewers: #2, 8.10 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 7
10:00PM 48 Hour Mystery- Viewers: #2, 7.34 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 6

ABC:
8:00PM College Football: Notre Dame vs. USA (3 Hours)- Viewers: #1, 12.85 million; A18-49: #1, 4.4/13

NBC:
8:00PM Dateline (2 Hours)- Viewers: #4, 5.64 million; A18-49: #4, 1.4/ 5
10:00PM Law and Order: SVU (encore)- Viewers: #3, 7.23 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 6

FOX:
8:00PM Cops- Viewers: #3, 6.76 million; A18-49: #2, 2.6/ 9
9:00PM America’s Most Wanted- Viewers: #3, 6.76 million; A18-49: #2, 2.6/ 9
THE CW:
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:
ABC 8.0/14
CBS 5.3/ 9
NBC 4.3/ 8
FOX 4.0/ 7

-Total Viewers:
ABC: 12.85 million
CBS: 8.29
FOX: 6.43
NBC: 6.17

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 4.4 rating/13 share, Fox: 2.5/ 7, CBS: 2.2/ 7, NBC: 1.6/ 5

-Ratings Breakdown:
College Football ruled on ABC, proving that viewers will indeed tune-in for programming of note on Saturday. The Notre Dame vs. USA match-up averaged 12.85 million viewers with a 4.4 rating/13 share among adults 18-49 in prime time. CBS finished second in households and total viewers, and third among adults 18-49 courtesy of a repeat of Criminal Minds (Viewers: #2, 8.10 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 7), a repeat of CSI (Viewers: #2, 9.43 million; A18-49: #2, 2.5/ 8) and 48 Hours Mystery (Viewers: #2, 7.34 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 6).

NBC finished last overall in total viewers and adults 18-49 as a result of a two-hour edition of Dateline (Viewers: #4, 5.64 million; A18-49: #4, 1.4/ 5 from 8-10 p.m.) and a repeat of Law & Order: SVU (Viewers: #3, 7.23 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 6 at 10 p.m.). Fox, meanwhile, was on par with recent levels despite facing College Football with its male-oriented combination of Cops (Viewers: #3, 6.76 million; A18-49: #2, 2.6/ 9) and America’s Most Wanted (Viewers: #4, 6.11 million; A18-49: #3, 2.3/ 7).

Source: Neilson Media Ratings, Media Week