Saturday TV Ratings 6/30/18: Ransom Ends Down, Taken Ends Steady (UPDATED)

Finals update: Taken (-0.1) and Truth & Lies (-0.1) adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Ratings	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	MLB Baseball	0.7/4	2.99	Fox
	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	0.5/3	2.70	ABC
	Taken (Series Finale)	0.2/2	1.88	NBC
	Ransom	0.2/2	2.43	CBS
9 PM	Dateline NBC (R)	0.5/3	3.30	NBC
	Truth & Lies: Laci Peterson (R)	0.3/2	1.89	ABC
	Ransom (F)	0.2/1	2.24	CBS
10 PM	48 Hours (R)	0.3/2	2.14	CBS

Saturday TV Ratings, 6/23/18: A Repeat of ’AFV’ Tops a Slow Night

Here are the preliminary broadcast ratings for Saturday, June 23, 2018.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers   (In Millions)
8:00pm	America’s Funniest Home Videos (R) (ABC)	0.5	2.86
	MLB Baseball Regional (FOX)	0.4	1.94
	Ransom (CBS)	0.3	2.30
	Taken (NBC)	0.2	1.74
9:00pm	Dateline NBC (R) (NBC)	0.4	2.48
	48 Hours (R) (CBS)	0.4	2.30
	20/20 (R) (ABC)	0.4	2.13

(R) = repeat

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Saturday TV Ratings, 6/9/18: ’Ransom’ and ’Taken’ Rise

Here are the preliminary broadcast ratings for Saturday, June 9, 2018. 

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers   (In Millions)
8:00pm	MLB Baseball (FOX)	0.7	2.82
	Taken (NBC)	0.4	2.48
	Ransom (CBS)	0.3	2.28
	The Crossing (ABC)	0.3	2.15
9:00pm	Dateline NBC (R) (NBC)	0.5	3.01
	48 Hours (R) (CBS)	0.3	2.18
	The Crossing (ABC)	0.3	2.13
10:00pm	48 Hours (R) (CBS)	0.4	2.76
	20/20 (R) (ABC)	0.3	1.97

(R) = repeat

Saturday TV Ratings, 6/2/18: ’Ransom’ and ’Taken’ Tie, ’Dateline’ On Top

Here are the preliminary broadcast ratings for Saturday, June 2, 2018. 

Photo: NBC

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers         (In Millions)
8:00pm	MLB Baseball (FOX)	0.4	2.09
	Ransom (CBS)	0.2	2.27
	Taken (NBC)	0.2	2.06
	The Bachelorette (R) (ABC)	0.2	1.11
9:00pm	Dateline NBC (R) (NBC)	0.5	3.39
	Hawaii Five-0 (R) (CBS)	0.2	2.35
10:00pm	48 Hours (R) (CBS)	0.3	2.10
	20/20 (R) (ABC)	0.3	1.73

(R) = repeat

Saturday TV Ratings, 5/26/18: ’Taken’ Hits New Low for Saturday Premiere

Here are the preliminary broadcast ratings for Saturday, May 26, 2018.

Photo: NBC

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	Total Viewers   (In Millions)
8:00pm	MLB Baseball (FOX)	0.5	2.18
	American Idol (R) (ABC)	0.3	1.82
	Ransom (CBS)	0.2	2.13
	Taken (NBC)	0.2	1.73
9:00pm	Dateline NBC (R) (NBC)	0.5	2.90
	48 Hours (R) (CBS)	0.2	1.67
10:00pm	48 Hours (R) (CBS)	0.3	2.08
	20/20 (R) (ABC)	0.3	1.75

(R) = repeat

NBC's 'Taken' (0.2) rose from the grave and posted a new low for its burnoff premiere. It was two-tenths below its final Friday outing. The peacock network capped off the night with a repeat of 'Dateline' (0.5).

CBS's 'Ransom' (0.2) matched its fellow drama and was steady with last week. It led into anemic repeats of '48 Hours' (0.2/0.3).

ABC had 0.3s across the board with encores of 'American Idol' and '20/20'.

FOX had a baseball game (0.5) that tied for the top program of the night.