Saturday TV Ratings 10/14/23: Saturday Night Live Returns Up, Notre Dame/USC College Football Game Dominates Primetime, 48 Hours Ticks Up (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Host Pete Davidson and musical guest Ice Spice propelled the season debut of 'Saturday Night Live' (0.96) to great heights on NBC. This rating was over 30% larger than last October's premiere (0.73) and also well above the program's makeshift season finale from April (0.67). Part of the growth should probably be attributed to the strong 'USC v. Notre Dame' college football game (1.53) that led into 'SNL'. This game was much higher than ABC's 'Miami v. NC' (0.80) and completely trampled Fox's 'UCLA v. OR St.' telecast (0.30). The CW's 'Louisville v. Pittsburgh' college football game (0.10) performed better than the network's usual fare but was nowhere near the big four. '48 Hours' (0.22, +0.01) picked up a hundredth on CBS and doubled the rerun of 'NCIS: Hawai'i' (0.11) that led into it. CBS also aired a pilot encore of 'Raid the Cage' (0.13) in the 8 p.m. hour.

Finals Update: 'College Football: USC v. Notre Dame' (+0.3), 'College Football: Miami v. NC' (+0.1), and 'College Football: UCLA v. OR St.' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	College Football: USC v. Notre Dame	1.53	17	6.43	NBC
	College Football: Miami v. NC	0.80	9	3.08	ABC
	College Football: UCLA v. OR St.	0.30	3	1.43	Fox
	Raid the Cage (R)	0.13	2	1.33	CBS
	College Football: Louisville v. Pittsburgh	0.10	1	0.59	The CW
9 PM	NCIS: Hawai'i (R)	0.11	1	1.37	CBS
10 PM	48 Hours	0.22	2	2.44	CBS

11:30 PM	Saturday Night Live (P)	0.96	TBA	4.80	NBC