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Audience Analysis: CBS Has Best Georgia-Florida Game Since '09

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.

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