Ratings Analysis: ABC's broadcast of the "Washington v. Oregon" college football game (1.17) was a monster success and easily beat out Fox's "Texas v. Iowa State" (0.53). NBC's "Nebraska v. Wisconsin" game (0.43) took third place in the Adults 18-49 demographic. On the CW, the "Northern Alabama v. Florida State" game (0.27) got the struggling network their strongest rating in a while and put them above the 1 million mark in total viewership. On CBS, 48 Hours (0.17, -0.01) inched down for its first episode in a few weeks. CBS had a 48 Hours rerun (0.17) at 9 and an encore of NCIS: Sydney (0.15) at 8.
Finals Update: "College Football: WA v. OR St." (+0.4), "College Football: No. AL v. FL St." (+0.1), and "College Football: TX v. IA St" (+0.1) adjusted up.
Key:
(R) = repeat