Broadcast primetime live + same-day ratings for Saturday, April 7, 2018
Note: ABC’s live NBA broadcast may result in greater adjustments than usual for the network in the final ratings.
The numbers for Saturday:
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 rating/share |
Viewers (millions)
|
| 8 p.m. | Ransom (CBS) – P | 0.4/2 | 2.71 |
| NBA Countdown (ABC) | 0.4/2 | 1.86 | |
| Will & Grace (NBC) – R | 0.3/1 | 1.88 | |
| Masterchef Junior (FOX) – R | 0.3/1 | 1.14 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | NBA Saturday Primetime (ABC) (8:30-11 p.m.) | 0.7/3 | 2.45 |
| Superstore (NBC) – R | 0.5/2 | 2.00 | |
| 9 p.m. | Dateline (NBC) | 0.7/3 | 3.43 |
| NCIS (CBS) – R | 0.4/2 | 3.36 | |
| Showtime at the Apollo (FOX) – R | 0.3/1 | 1.31 | |
| 10 p.m. | SNL Vintage (NBC) | 0.7/3 | 2.84 |
| 48 Hours (CBS) | 0.6/3 | 4.56 |
“NBA Saturday Primetime,” “Dateline” and “SNL Vintage” finished in a three-way tie for the top adults 18-49 rating in primetime Saturday. All three averaged a 0.7 rating (pending updates for ABC’s live NBA game).
Season 2 of “Ransom” premiered to a 0.4 on CBS, on par with its average last year. “48 Hours” (0.6) was the most-watched primetime show with 4.56 million viewers.
In late night, “Saturday Night Live” had its best metered-market ratings since Feb. 3, a span of four episodes. Host Chadwick Boseman and musical guest Cardi B helped the show deliver a 2.0 in adults 18-49 and a 4.6 among metered-market households.
Network averages:
| ABC | NBC | CBS | FOX | |
| Adults 18-49 rating/share | 0.7/3 | 0.6/3 | 0.4/2 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (millions) | 2.35 | 2.74 | 3.55 | 1.22 |
Definitions:
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.
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.
Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
Source: The Nielsen Company.
