ABC, Versus See Gains For NCAA Football Telecasts In '08

ABC, buoyed by the strength of its "Saturday Night Football" telecasts, led all nets with a 4.0 rating and 6.3 million viewers for its regular-season college football telecasts in '08. For 33 total telecasts, ABC was up 2.6% in ratings and 7.1% in viewers. NBC also saw gains for its Notre Dame football telecasts. CBS was down in '08, averaging a 3.3 rating and 5.1 million viewers. For its package of SEC football games alone, CBS averaged a 3.5 rating and 5.4 million viewers, down from a 3.6 rating and 5.5 million viewers last year. On cable, college football telecasts on ESPN were off from a year ago, while ESPN2 had its most-viewed year ever. On Versus, broadcasts were up 16.5% in viewers from '07. The chart below lists college football ratings by net for the '08 regular season, with comparisons to last year (THE DAILY).