Saturday TV Ratings 9/2/23: North Carolina/South Carolina College Football Game on ABC Leads Sports-Heavy Night, MLB Steady (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: ABC's 'North Carolina versus South Carolina' college football game (0.95) comfortably outpaced NBC's 'West Virginia v. Penn State' match-up (0.74), leading the alphabet network to a clean Saturday win in the Adults 18-49 demographic. CBS was a lot lower on the totem pole with their 'TX Tech v. WY' college football game (0.32) and even lost to Fox's 'MLB: Regional Coverage' (0.37, 0.00). The CW's 'Great Chocolate Showdown' (0.04, -0.02) slipped in the 8 p.m. hour. 'Recipe for Disaster' (0.03, -0.02; 0.04, 0.00) took a hit at 9 p.m. but was stable at 9:30 p.m. when compared to last week. 

Finals Update: 'College Football: NC v. SC' (+0.2), 'College Football: WV v. Penn St.' (+0.1), 'MLB: Regional Coverage' (+0.2), and 'College Football: TX Tech v. WY' (+0.1) adjusted up.

Saturday TV Ratings 8/26/23: NASCAR Leads the Night as MLB Takes Second, College Football Low (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Though Fox's 'MLB: Regional Coverage' (0.37, -0.03) is used to topping the night without contest, NBC's broadcast of the 'NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400' (0.46) slid past 'MLB' and claimed the #1 spot in the Adults 18-49 demographic. On the lower-end of things, ABC's broadcast of the 'SC St. v. Jackson St.' college football game (0.17) was a complete dud that even lost out to a 10 p.m. rerun of CBS's '48 Hours' (0.18). CBS had another '48 Hours' (0.14) at 9 p.m. and an encore of 'NCIS: Los Angeles' (0.12) in the 8 p.m. time slot. 'Great Chocolate Showdown' (0.06, +0.01) picked up a hundredth on the CW. 'Recipe for Disaster' (0.05, +0.01; 0.04, +0.01) was up by the same amount in each half-hour. 

Finals Update: 'MLB: Regional Coverage' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400' (-0.1), the 9:30 PM episode of 'Recipe for Disaster' (-0.1), and repeats of 'NCIS: Los Angeles' (-0.2) and '48 Hours' (-0.1) at 9 PM adjusted down.

Saturday TV Ratings 8/19/23: Stand Up to Cancer Weak Amid NFL Preseason Preemptions, Great Chocolate Showdown Steady, 48 Hours Repeat Leads (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The 2023 'Stand Up to Cancer' telecast was abysmal all-around on Saturday evening. ABC (0.12) got the highest rating out of the 'Cancer' special, with CBS (0.10) close behind. NBC (0.08) and Fox (0.07) were unable to even cross the 0.1 threshold with their showings. ABC followed the special with reruns of 'Shark Tank' (0.12/0.13). CBS was a step above with encores of '48 Hours' (0.14/0.17). NBC re-ran 'America's Got Talent' (0.10), while Fox went with a 'MasterChef' repeat (0.08). The CW's 'Great Chocolate Showdown' (0.05, 0.00) was steady and led into 'Recipe For Disaster' (0.04/0.03). 'Disaster' was stable at 9 but dipped by a hundredth for the 9:30 p.m. episode. 

Finals Update: 'Stand Up to Cancer' on ABC (-0.1), CBS (-0.2), Fox (-0.3), and NBC (-0.4) adjusted down. Both episodes of 'Recipe for Disaster' (-0.1 each) adjusted down. Finally, repeats of 'Shark Tank' (-0.1 each), '48 Hours' (-0.3, -0.2), 'America's Got Talent' (-0.3), and 'Masterchef' (-0.2) all adjusted down.

Saturday TV Ratings 8/12/23: Baking It Rises for Finale Amid NFL Preseason Preemptions, Ms. Marvel Down for Finale, MLB Leads (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: Peacock original 'Baking It' (0.13, +0.02) picked up two-hundredths for its NBC finale and was followed by a rerun of 'America's Got Talent' (0.15). Disney+ series 'Ms. Marvel' (0.15/0.11/0.09) was up a good bit for its 8 p.m. episode on ABC but dropped down to a new low by the time the 10 p.m. finale aired. On CBS, encores of 'NCIS: Hawai'i' (0.09) and 'Blue Bloods' (0.09) were put to shame by the 10 o'clock repeat of '48 Hours' (0.17). Fox took the top spot in the Adults 18-49 demographic with 'MLB: Regional Coverage' (0.40). 'Great Chocolate Showdown' (0.05, +0.02) picked up two-hundredths on the CW. This comes one week after it debuted with a 0.03 rating. 'Recipe For Disaster' grew by the same amount as 'Chocolate' for both the 9 p.m. episode (0.04, +0.02) and the 9:30 p.m. (0.04, +0.02) one. 

Finals Update: 'Baking It' (-0.2) adjusted down.

Saturday TV Ratings 8/5/23: Ms. Marvel Weak in Broadcast Debut, Great Chocolate Showdown Hits New Low in Premiere, Women’s World Cup Coverage Leads (UPDATED)

Ratings Analysis: The broadcast debut of Disney+ series 'Ms. Marvel' (0.11/0.11/0.10) did not reel in many eyeballs on ABC, but that comes as no surprise since the program has been available to stream for well over a year. NBC's own streaming transplant 'Baking It' (0.11, -0.01) slipped by a hundredth and was yet again put to shame by the 9 p.m. rerun of 'America's Got Talent' (0.16). CBS had reruns of 'Fire Country' (0.12) and '48 Hours' (0.12/0.16). Fox's broadcast of the 'FIFA Women's World Cup' (0.35) easily topped the night in the Adults 18-49 demographic. The game built significantly on the rerun of 'MasterChef' (0.09) that aired in the 8 p.m. hour. 'Great Chocolate Showdown' (0.03) and 'Recipe For Disaster' (0.02) had abysmal starts on the CW.

Finals Update: The 10 PM repeat of '48 Hours' (+0.1) adjusted up. 'FIFA Women’s World Cup Live' (-0.1) and the repeat of 'MasterChef' (-0.1) adjusted down.