Alabama-Texas A&M scored a double-digit increase on CBS. Also: fewer viewers for primetime Notre Dame on NBC, the World Gymnastics Championships, and the latest 30 For 30.
Bama-A&M up double-digits on CBS
Alabama-Texas A&M averaged a 3.7 rating and 6.11 million viewers on the SEC on CBS last weekend, up 12% in ratings and 10% in viewership from last year (Georgia-LSU: 3.3, 5.54M) and up 64% and 70% respectively from 2017 (Auburn-LSU: 2.3, 3.60M).
The Tide’s win posted the second-highest college football rating of the weekend, behind Texas-Oklahoma on FOX (4.5), but ahead of Florida-LSU on ESPN later in the night (3.6). It trailed both games in viewership.
CBS passed on the Florida-LSU game, which ended up as a matchup of top ten teams.
USC-Notre Dame down from comparable primetime game last year
NBC averaged a 1.9 rating and 3.16 million viewers for last Saturday’s primetime USC-Notre Dame game, down 10% in ratings and 8% in viewership from the network’s fourth Notre Dame game last season, a primetime matchup against Stanford (2.1, 3.44M).
Versus the last USC-Notre Dame game on NBC two years ago, ratings increased a tick (from 1.8) and viewership 6% (from 2.99M). Last year’s game between the rivals, which aired on ABC over Thanksgiving weekend, had a 4.4 and 7.74 million.
Slight dip for World Gymnastics Championships
Latest 30 For 30 doc ranks in middle-of-the-pack
The premiere of the ESPN 30 For 30 documentary “Chuck and Tito” averaged a 0.39 rating and 609,000 viewers Tuesday night, ranking third out of the six premieres this year. Compared to the much-hyped “Rodman: For Better or Worse” in September, ratings fell 47% (from 0.7) and viewership 43% (from 1.07M).
[Nielsen estimates from ShowBuzz Daily 10.15, Programming Insider 10.16]
