Saturday TV Ratings 10/9/21: Saturday Night Live Rises with Host Kim Kardashian, College Football on CBS Dominates, Whose Line and Worlds Funniest Animals Solid for The CW (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: The Kim Kardashian-hosted episode of 'Saturday Night Live' posted a 1.6 Adults 18-49 rating in the top 25 markets, up three-tenths from what last week's premiere managed in the same demo. In primetime, CBS's 'AL v. TX A&M' college football game (1.5) outpaced the combined total of the games on ABC (0.9) and Fox (0.4). NBC had a rerun of 'The Voice' (0.2), a strong edition of 'Dateline' (0.4), and 'SNL Vintage' (0.3). The premieres of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.1) and 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.1) were respectable by CW standards.

Finals Update: College Football: AL v. TX A&M (+0.5) and College Football: MI v. NE (+0.2) adjusted up. Dateline NBC (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	College Football: AL v. TX A&M	1.96/16	8.33	CBS
	College Football: MI v. NE	1.12/9	4.63	ABC
	College Football: UT v. USC	0.36/3	1.38	Fox
	The Voice (R)	0.20/2	1.62	NBC
	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (P)	0.06/1	0.61	The CW
8:30 PM	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.07/1	0.63	The CW
9 PM	Dateline NBC	0.30/2	2.23	NBC
	World's Funniest Animals (P)	0.06/1	0.59	The CW
9:30 PM	World's Funniest Animals	0.07/1	0.55	The CW
10 PM	SNL Vintage	0.29/2	1.72	NBC

11:30 PM	Saturday Night Live	1.04/10	5.27	NBC