ABC on Saturday night drew 8.1 million viewers for Oklahoma's upset win over Ohio State, leading all college football broadcasts for the weekend. Viewership for Oklahoma-Ohio State is up 40% from the comparable Tennessee-Virginia Tech "Battle at Bristol" in '16, which drew 5.8 million viewers. Through two weeks, ABC's "Saturday Night Football" is up 49% compared to '16.
The chart below lists final audience figures from recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE |
NET |
TIME (ET) |
RAT. |
VIEWERS (000) |
| "SNF": Giants-Cowboys |
9/10 |
NBC |
8:30-11:30pm |
13.4 |
24,400 |
| NFL: Seahawks-Packers (89%) |
9/10 |
Fox |
4:15-7:30pm |
12.7 |
22,796 |
| NFL: (single) |
9/10 |
CBS |
1:03-4:15pm |
7.6 |
13,337 |
| NFL: (regional) |
9/10 |
Fox |
1:03-4:15pm |
6.6 |
11,342 |
| "Football Night in America" |
9/10 |
NBC |
7:30-8:15pm |
5.1 |
9,121 |
| College football: Oklahoma-Ohio State |
9/9 |
ABC |
8:00-11:30pm |
4.6 |
8,081 |
| College football: Tennessee-Georgia Tech |
9/4 |
ESPN |
7:59-11:49pm |
n/a |
5,141 |
| College football: Georgia-Notre Dame |
9/9 |
NBC |
8:00-11:30pm |
2.4 |
4,088 |
| "The NFL Today" |
9/10 |
CBS |
12:00-1:03pm |
2.3 |
3,794 |
| College football: Pitt-Penn State |
9/9 |
ABC |
3:30-7:00pm |
2.4 |
3,701 |
| College football: Cincinnati-Michigan |
9/9 |
ABC |
12:00-3:30pm |
2.4 |
3,611 |
| College football: Auburn-Clemson |
9/9 |
ESPN |
6:59-10:21pm |
1.8 |
3,368 |
| College football: Nebraska-Oregon |
9/9 |
Fox |
4:30-8:00pm |
1.5 |
2,587 |
| College football: TCU-Arkansas |
9/9 |
CBS |
3:30-7:00pm |
1.5 |
2,345 |
| College football: Louisville-North Carolina |
9/9 |
ESPN |
12:00-3:23pm |
n/a |
2,268 |
| NASCAR Cup Series: Federated Autoparts 400 (Richmond) |
9/9 |
NBCSN |
7:55-10:58pm |
1.2 |
2,138 |
| College football: Stanford-USC |
9/9 |
Fox |
8:30-11:45pm |
1.2 |
2,069 |
| College football: Fresno State-Alabama |
9/9 |
ESPN2 |
3:56-6:38pm |
n/a |
2,073 |
| U.S. Open: Men's/Women's Quarterfinals |
9/6 |
ESPN |
7:00-11:57pm |
n/a |
1,963 |
| U.S. Open: Women's Semifinal |
9/7 |
ESPN |
7:00-11:24pm |
n/a |
1,957 |
| U.S. Open: Women's Final: Sloane Stephens-Madison Keys |
9/9 |
ESPN |
4:00-6:30pm |
1.2 |
1,851 |
| "College Gameday" |
9/9 |
ESPN |
9:00am-12:00pm |
n/a |
1,584 |
| MLB: (regional) |
9/9 |
Fox |
1:00-4:30pm |
1.0 |
1,519 |
| U.S. Open: Round of 16 |
9/4 |
ESPN2 |
7:02-11:59pm |
n/a |
1,512 |
| "College Football Today" |
9/9 |
CBS |
3:00-3:30pm |
0.6 |
856 |
| EPL: Stoke City-Manchester United |
9/9 |
NBC |
12:30-2:30pm |
0.6 |
876 |
| Nitro Circus (taped) |
9/9 |
NBC |
3:00-4:30pm |
0.4 |
583 |
| Red Bull Global Rallycross (taped) |
9/9 |
NBC |
4:30-6:00pm |
0.4 |
560 |
| Track & Field: Fifth Avenue Mile |
9/10 |
NBC |
1:30-2:00pm |
0.4 |
559 |
| "Road to the Presidents Cup" |
9/10 |
NBC |
2:00-2:30pm |
0.3 |
421 |
| "PGA Tour 2017: Stories" |
9/10 |
NBC |
2:30-3:00pm |
0.3 |
402 |
| Red Bull Air Race (taped) |
9/10 |
NBC |
3:00-4:30pm |
0.3 |
469 |
