Saturday TV Ratings 10/7/17: 'Dateline' Beats '48 Hours', 'Football' Wins the Night (UPDATED)

Here are the preliminary broadcast ratings for Saturday, October 7, 2017.

Lester Holt (right)

Finals Update: Fox's game (0.5, +0.1) adjusted up. A repeat of Superstore (0.3, -0.1) and an original Dateline (0.5, -0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers (In Millions)
8:00pm	NCAA Football: Michigan State v. Michigan (ABC)	1.9	6.51
	NCAA Football: Washington State v. Oregon (FOX)	0.5	1.92
	Wisdom of the Crowd (R) (CBS)	0.4	2.74
	Will & Grace (R) (NBC)	0.3	1.96

8:30pm	Superstore (R) (NBC)	0.3	1.33

9:00pm	NCIS: New Orleans (R) (CBS)	0.5	3.26
	Dateline NBC (NBC)	0.5	2.66

10:00pm	48 Hours (CBS)	0.5	3.71
	Saturday Night Live (R) (NBC)	0.5	2.46

(R) = repeat

On the football front, ABC's game (1.9) destroyed Fox's one (0.4) and was easily the top program of the night.

CBS had drama repeats (0.4/0.5) leading into an original 48 Hours (0.5).

NBC had comedy repeats (0.3/0.4), Dateline (0.6), and more comedy (0.5).