ABC on Saturday night drew 6.5 million viewers for Michigan State's win over Michigan, which marked the first time the football rivalry game aired in primetime. Last year's Michigan-MSU game, which aired on a Saturday afternoon later in the season, drew 4.65 million viewers on ESPN. Saturday's contest was the most-watched game of Week 6 and was up 18% over the comparable Week 6 window in '16, which featured Florida State-Miami.
DOWN-SHIFTING: NBC on Sunday afternoon drew 2.89 million viewers for Martin Truex Jr.'s win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 500, which aired in a new timeslot. That number is down from 3.22 million viewers for last year's race, which also ran on a Sunday afternoon after being postponed due to rain on Saturday night. This past Sunday's race start was moved up one hour (to 1:15pm ET) due to a threat of rain. Two years ago, the race was delayed to Sunday afternoon, drawing 2.7 million viewers on NBCSN.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
| NFL national game: Packers-Cowboys (98%) |
10/8
|
Fox
|
4:37-7:45pm
|
13.6
|
23,859
|
| "SNF": Chiefs-Texans |
10/8
|
NBC
|
8:31-11:17pm
|
9.5
|
16,528
|
| "TNF": Patriots-Buccaneers |
10/5
|
CBS/NFL Net
|
8:27-11:39pm
|
9.4
|
15,434
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
10/8
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
7.8
|
13,180
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/8
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
7.5
|
12,326
|
| "MNF": Redskins-Chiefs |
10/2
|
ESPN
|
8:15-11:51pm
|
7.3
|
12,027
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/8
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:22pm
|
3.9
|
6,837
|
| AL Wild Card: Twins-Yankees |
10/3
|
ESPN
|
8:00pm-12:05am
|
4.2
|
6,825
|
| College football: Michigan State-Michigan |
10/7
|
ABC
|
7:36-11:25pm
|
3.7
|
6,508
|
| ALDS: Yankees-Indians: Game 3 |
10/8
|
FS1
|
7:31-10:58pm
|
3.0
|
5,294
|
| College football: Alabama-Texas A&M |
10/7
|
ESPN
|
7:23-10:40pm
|
2.7
|
4,774
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/8
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
3.0
|
4,612
|
| NL Wild Card: D-backs-Rockies |
10/4
|
TBS
|
8:00pm-12:12am
|
2.6
|
4,400
|
| College football: LSU-Florida |
10/7
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.5
|
4,128
|
| ALDS: Yankees-Indians: Game 1 |
10/5
|
FS1
|
7:31-11:09pm
|
2.3
|
3,792
|
| NLDS: Nationals-Cubs: Game 2 |
10/7
|
TBS
|
5:30-8:52pm
|
2.1
|
3,505
|
| NLDS: Nationals-Cubs: Game 1 |
10/6
|
TBS
|
7:27-10:42pm
|
2.0
|
3,495
|
| ALDS: Yankees-Indians: Game 2 |
10/6
|
MLB Net
|
5:05-10:18pm
|
1.9
|
3,202
|
| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Bank of America 500 (Charlotte) |
10/8
|
NBC
|
1:15-4:45pm
|
1.8
|
2,859
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/8
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
1.9
|
2,858
|
| College football: Penn State-Northwestern |
10/7
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:31pm
|
1.9
|
2,831
|
| College football: Maryland-Ohio State |
10/7
|
Fox
|
4:15-7:45pm
|
1.6
|
2,645
|
| College football: Notre Dame-North Carolina |
10/7
|
ABC
|
3:31-7:07pm
|
1.6
|
2,505
|
| College football: Iowa State-Oklahoma |
10/7
|
Fox
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.6
|
2,432
|
| FIFA World Cup qualifier: Mexico-Trinidad & Tobago |
10/6
|
Univision
|
9:28pm-12:00am
|
1.2
|
2,197
|
| College football: Washington State-Oregon |
10/7
|
Fox
|
8:11-11:37pm
|
1.2
|
1,922
|
| PBR: DeWalt Guaranteed Tough Invitational |
10/8
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.2
|
1,844
|
| FIFA World Cup qualifier: U.S.-Panama |
10/6
|
Univision
|
7:00-9:28pm
|
0.8
|
1,402
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
10/8
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,323
|
| Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Fall Stars Weekend (Keeneland) |
10/7
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
912
|
| "World Gymnastics Championships: All-Around Recap" |
10/7
|
NBC
|
2:00-5:00pm
|
0.6
|
828
|
| Stihl Timberspots Series (taped) |
10/8
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
704
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (taped) |
10/7
|
CBS
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.4
|
508
|
| "World of X Games: Trail of Missions" |
10/8
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.4
|
497
|
