CBS finished with 6.35 million viewers for the Georgia-Florida game on Saturday afternoon, an 88% gain from the same matchup last year. The 3.38 million viewers in ’17 was the lowest mark for the annual SEC matchup in nearly 20 years. The 6.35 million viewers for Saturday's game is the best figure for Georgia-Florida since 6.93 million viewers in ’09.
The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| NFL: Packers-Rams (94%) |
10/28
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:00pm
|
12.8
|
21,879
|
| World Series: Red Sox-Dodgers: Game 5 |
10/28
|
Fox
|
8:12-11:17pm
|
10.0
|
17,634
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
10/28
|
CBS
|
1:00-4:05pm
|
9.2
|
15,517
|
| "SNF": Saints-Vikings |
10/28
|
NBC
|
8:23-11:05pm
|
8.3
|
14,094
|
| World Series: Red Sox-Dodgers: Game 1 |
10/23
|
Fox
|
8:06pm-12:03am
|
8.2
|
13,814
|
| World Series: Red Sox-Dodgers: Game 4 |
10/27
|
Fox
|
8:07pm-12:08am
|
7.9
|
13,563
|
| World Series: Red Sox-Dodgers: Game 2 |
10/24
|
Fox
|
8:04-11:24pm
|
8.1
|
13,507
|
| World Series: Red Sox-Dodgers: Game 3* |
10/26
|
Fox
|
8:06pm-2:10am
|
7.9
|
13,250
|
| "TNF": Dolphins-Texans |
10/25
|
Fox/
NFL Net
|
8:23-11:22pm
|
7.5
|
12,093
|
| "MNF": Giants-Falcons |
10/22
|
ESPN
|
8:14-11:18pm
|
6.4
|
10,497
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/28
|
Fox
|
1:00-4:15pm
|
6.5
|
10,381
|
| College football: Georgia-Florida |
10/27
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
3.9
|
6,347
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/28
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:16pm
|
2.9
|
4,809
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/28
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.9
|
4,256
|
| NFL: Eagles-Jaguars (London) |
10/28
|
NFL Net
|
9:26am-12:28pm
|
2.2
|
3,590
|
| College football: Texas-Oklahoma State |
10/27
|
ABC
|
8:06pm-12:04am
|
2.1
|
3,486
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/28
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.3
|
3,478
|
| College football: Iowa-Penn State |
10/27
|
ESPN
|
3:34-7:18pm
|
2.0
|
3,267
|
| College football: Clemson-Florida State |
10/27
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
2.0
|
3,163
|
| College football: Notre Dame-Navy |
10/27
|
CBS
|
8:00-11:31pm
|
1.5
|
2,447
|
| College football: Purdue-Michigan State |
10/27
|
ESPN
|
12:00-3:34pm
|
1.5
|
2,378
|
| College football: Wisconsin-Northwestern |
10/27
|
Fox
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.5
|
2,241
|
College football:
Texas A&M-Mississippi State |
10/27
|
ESPN
|
7:18-10:27pm
|
1.3
|
2,178
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
First Data 500 (Martinsville) |
10/28
|
NBCSN
|
2:51-6:22pm
|
1.3
|
2,154
|
| College football: (regional)** |
10/27
|
ABC
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.4
|
2,035
|
| College football: Kansas State-Oklahoma |
10/27
|
Fox
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
1.3
|
1,989
|
| NBA: Nuggets-Lakers |
10/25
|
TNT
|
10:45pm-1:10am
|
n/a
|
1,948
|
| "College GameDay" |
10/27
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,767
|
| "Golf's Best Drivers of 2018" |
10/28
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.0
|
1,624
|
| NBA: Celtics-Thunder |
10/25
|
TNT
|
8:13-10:45pm
|
n/a
|
1,477
|
| College football: Miami-Boston College |
10/26
|
ESPN
|
6:59-10:33pm
|
n/a
|
1,360
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
10/28
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,261
|
| Liga MX: Club America-Cruz Azul |
10/27
|
Univision
|
9:55pm-12:00am
|
0.6
|
1,227
|
| Figure Skating: Skate America (taped) |
10/27
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
916
|
| Liga MX: Monarcas-Chivas |
10/27
|
Univision
|
7:55-9:55pm
|
0.5
|
904
|
| Figure Skating: Skate Canada (taped) |
10/28
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.6
|
880
|
| F1: Mexican Grand Prix |
10/28
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
836
|
| EPL: Everton-Manchester United |
10/28
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
779
|
| EPL: West Ham-Leicester City |
10/27
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
710
|
| Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (taped) |
10/27
|
CBS
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.4
|
511
|
| "World of X Games" |
10/28
|
ABC
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.3
|
349
|
NOTES: * = There were 4 innings after 2:10am ET not measured by Nielsen. ** = Window featured Arizona State-USC and USF-Houston.
