One week after setting a record low, the Week 9 edition of ABC’s Saturday Night Football earned one of the largest audiences of the season.
Regional college football action featuring #6 Stanford/USC earned a 5.3 final rating and 8.426 million viewers on ABC last Saturday night, up 13% in ratings and 10% in viewership from last year (ORE/USC*: 4.7, 7.645M), and up 26% and 23%, respectively, from 2009 (USC/ORE* 4.2, 6.833M).
The telecast ranks as the highest rated and most-viewed college football telecast on ABC since Oklahoma/Florida State in Week 3 (5.8, 9.307M).
Earlier in the day, additional regional action earned a 2.7 and 4.420 million viewers, down 18% in ratings and 14% in viewership from last year (MSU/IOWA*: 3.3, 5.154M), and down 16% and 8%, respectively, from 2009 (MIA/WAKE*: 3.2, 4.781M).
Ratings/Viewership For College Football on ABC
Through Week 9 of the season
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Net
|
Rating
|
Viewers (000)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat., 9/3/11 | 3:30 PM | Regional | ABC |
2.2
|
3,409
|
| 8 PM | ORE 27, LSU 40 | ABC |
4.6
|
7,751
|
|
| Sat., 9/10/11 | 3:30 PM | ALA 27, PSU 11 | ABC |
3.9
|
6,083
|
| Sat., 9/17/11 | 12 PM | AUB 21, CLE 38 | ABC |
3.1
|
4,410
|
| 3:30 PM | Regional | ABC |
2.8
|
4,355
|
|
| 8 PM | OKLA 23, FSU 13 | ABC |
5.8
|
9,307
|
|
| Sat., 9/24/11 | 12 PM | ND 15, PIT 12 | ABC |
3.1
|
4,322
|
| 3:30 PM | Regional | ABC |
3.4
|
5,301
|
|
| 8 PM | LSU 47, WVU 21 | ABC |
4.1
|
6,503
|
|
| Sat., 10/1/11 | 3:30 PM | Regional | ABC |
3.6
|
5,472
|
| 8 PM | NEB 17, WISC 48 | ABC |
3.5
|
5,753
|
|
| Sat., 10/8/11 | 12 PM | OKLA 55, TEX 17 | ABC |
4.3
|
6,533
|
| 3:30 PM | Regional | ABC |
3.5
|
5,367
|
|
| 8 PM | OSU 27, NEB 34 | ABC |
3.6
|
5,639
|
|
| Sat., 10/15/11 | 3:30 PM | OKST 38, TEX 26 | ABC |
3.8
|
5,587
|
| Sat., 10/22/11 | 3:30 PM | Regional | ABC |
2.2
|
3,491
|
| 8 PM | Regional | ABC |
2.1
|
3,453
|
|
| Sat., 10/29/11 | 3:30 PM | Regional | ABC |
2.7
|
4,420
|
| 8 PM | Regional | ABC |
5.3
|
8,426
|
(Last week’s numbers from Nielsen)
