| Scoreboard | ABC | CBS | NBC | FOX |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 1.7/6 | 0.7/2 | 0.7/2 | 0.7/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 4.599 | 4.817 | 2.818 | 2.281 |
Due to the nature of live sports programming the ratings for FOX and ABC ( College Football) are approximate and subject to more than the typical adjustments in the final numbers.
ABC was number one last night with adults 18-49, and with total viewers.
On ABC, College Football (Florida State at Miami) scored a preliminary 1.7 adults 18-49 rating.
On FOX, College Football (Kansas State at West Virginia) notched a preliminary 0.7 adults 18-49 rating, up from last week's preliminary 0.5 adults 18-49 rating.
On CBS, 48 Hours earned a 1.0 adutls 18-49 rating, matching last week's performance.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Saturday, October 20, 2012
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (millions) |
| 8:00 | ABC | College Football - Florida State at Miami (8-11 PM) Live | 1.7/6 | 4.60 |
| FOX | College Football Kansas State at West Virginia (8-10:30PMPM) - Live | 0.7/2 | 2.28 | |
| CBS | CSI - R | 0.6/2 | 4.45 | |
| NBC | Revolution - R | 0.5/2 | 1.94 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Person Of Interest - R | 0.7/2 | 4.52 |
| NBC | Chicago Fire - R | 0.7/2 | 2.73 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | 48 Hours | 1.0/3 | 5.48 |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU - R | 0.9/3 | 3.79 |
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Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
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Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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Chicago fire repeat did well compared to the original. Maybe it should be moved to repeat/sports Saturday night
wtf why does Chicago Fire repeat so well
Error-CBS actually won in total viewers unless i’ve missed something.
CSI (R) beats Revolution (R)–now that makes sense.
More people are watching Revolution live and more are watching Chicago Fire on Saturdays?
@ THE OLD MAN you are right about the boring thread on Saturdays results. Fridays thread is much more informative and fun about many issues. Plus it is setting new records for posts on tvbynumbers.com.
I recommended everyone go there to post messages, the link is http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/20/tv-ratings-friday-shark-tank-hits-series-high-nikita-premieres-low-grimm-csi-ny-blue-bloods-down/154036/
THE OLD MAN
Posted October 21, 2012 at 9:15 AM
WHOLLEY MOLLEY 623 POSTS & COUNTING (on Fridays results page)
TODAY’S THREAD IS ONLY COLLEGE FB
ABC was a regional split. Most did see Florida State-Miami, however Big 12 territory (mostly the central part of the country) saw Baylor-Texas.
SVU 300th episode on Wednesday at 9/8c. Please Watch!
I will Leondre, huge fan of SVU here.
I do wonder if the only reason Saturday is dead is because no-one airs anything worth watching on the night coupled with the perception that no-one watches TV on Saturday.
@Oliver
Could be true. maybe many are either out or have gone to bed
48 Hours was a 0.9 last week.
Geez, wish I’ve known POI was on last night
@Leondre
Of course! I just wish USA Network would repeat the pilot episode in preparation of the 300th episode. I heard there would be a connection betwren the two episodes.
Ok I just saw on tv guide pilot episode is on today at 4pm.
It seems like every drama or sitcom on CBS, Fox, ABC, and NBC that has 24 episodes in its first season almost always gets a second season. Does anybody notice that?
Yeah, ABC lists:
@Nick
48 Hours was a 0.9 last week.
In the prelims; it was adjusted up to a 1.0 in the finals.
There are 654 less comments today (so far) than there were yesterday
Think it’s a smart move to CBS to air reruns of BBT/2BG tonight