Saturday September 22, 2018 Nielsen Finals

Coverage of college football dominated Saturday cable. The 'Georgia/Missouri' game, on ESPN, led everything on cable with a 1.12 A18-49 and 3.33 million viewers. The game notched the best ratings on the day in men 18-49 (1.57 rating), males 12-34 (1.21), people 18-34 (0.99), and people 25-54 (1.23). Outside of college sports, A&E's 'Live PD' continued to put up big numbers, scoring a 0.64 rating in the key demo (0.66 in F18-49, 0.62 in M18-49) with 1.9 million overall viewers. Oxygen's 'Cold Justice' averaged 625,000 viewers, while 'Unspeakable Crimes' managed 449,000; both were the same in the demo (0.11). Among children's programming, the return of 'Henry Danger' found 1.02 million viewers (last episode had 1.05 million), while 'Knight Squad' had 774,000 (last episode had 0.84M). Finally, the Hallmark movie 'Truly, Madly, Sweetly' had a cable-best 1.95 rating in P50+ and 2.69 million viewers. 

Cable finals:

SHOW	CHANNEL	18-49	Viewers (000)
COLL FOOTBALL: GEORGIA/MIZZ	ESPN	1.12	3,328
COLL FOOTBALL: FLORIDA/TENN	ESPN	0.67	2,108
LIVE PD: 145 LIVE PD	A&E NETWORK	0.64	1,897
COLL FOOTBALL: AZ ST/WASH	ESPN	0.55	1,834
COLL FOOTBALL: NEBRASKA/MICH	FOX SPORTS 1	0.46	1,449
COLL FOOTBALL: KS ST/W VIRGINIA	ESPN	0.38	1,241
DRAGON BALL SUPER	ADULT SWIM	0.35	819
COLL FOOTBALL: MISS ST/KENTUCKY	ESPN2	0.35	1,219
MOVIE: TRULY, MADLY, SWEETLY	HALLMARK CHANNEL	0.29	2,694
KITCHEN AT FN, THE	FOOD NETWORK	0.27	1,254
SHAPE OF WATER, THE	HBO PRIME	0.25	1,334
TOTAL DRAMARAMA	CARTOON NET	0.24	811
POWER RANGERS SNS	NICKELODEON	0.24	980
ATTACK ON TITAN	ADULT SWIM	0.23	495
FATAL VOWS	ID	0.23	1,021
PIONEER WOMAN	FOOD NETWORK	0.23	1,236
COLL FOOTBALL: TX TECH/OKLA ST	FOX SPORTS 1	0.23	868
TRISHAS SOUTHERN KITCHEN	FOOD NETWORK	0.22	1,126
HENRY DANGER	NICKELODEON	0.20	1,016
GHOST ADV POP-UPS	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.19	522
HOUSE HUNTERS RENOVATION	HGTV	0.19	1,093
PAWN STARS AC: 66 BIG TICKET TOYS	HISTORY	0.18	847
COLL FOOTBALL: LOUISIANA TECH/LSU	ESPNU	0.17	616
POP TEAM EPIC	ADULT SWIM	0.17	356
CAJUN ACES	FOOD NETWORK	0.16	814
RESTORED	HGTV	0.15	1,005
IYANLA, FIX MY LIFE	OWN	0.15	576
KNIGHT SQUAD	NICKELODEON	0.14	774
INCREDIBLE DR POL	NAT GEO WILD	0.13	1,006
BIG HERO 6 SERIES	DISNEY CHANNEL	0.12	563
CASH CAB	DISCOVERY	0.12	426
COLL FOOTBALL: KANSAS/BAYLOR	FOX SPORTS 1	0.12	414
MY CAT FROM HELL	ANIMAL PLANET	0.12	555
COLD JUSTICE	OXYGEN MEDIA	0.11	625
UNSPKABLE CRIME: JESSICA	OXYGEN MEDIA	0.11	449
MIND YOUR BUSINESS	OWN	0.11	370
COLL FOOTBALL: FLORIDA INTL/MIAMI	ESPN2	0.11	345
COLL FOOTBALL: BOSTON COLL/PURDUE	ESPN2	0.10	424
WOLVES AND WARRIORS	ANIMAL PLANET	0.10	460
DR. POL: DEJA MOO!	NAT GEO WILD	0.09	668
CASH CAB	DISCOVERY	0.08	348
COLL FOOTBALL: N ILLINOIS/FLA ST	ESPNU	0.08	312
MY CAT FROM HELL	ANIMAL PLANET	0.08	458
FOOD PARADISES	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.07	262
COLL FOOTBALL: AIR FORCE/UTHA ST	ESPN2	0.07	277
BRAND NEW MUSCLE CAR: YEN	VELOCITY	0.07	266
LOKAR CAR SHOW	VELOCITY	0.07	266
FOOD PARADISES	TRAVEL CHANNEL	0.07	254
BEYBLADE BURST	DISNEY XD	0.03	180
POKEMON: SUN & MOON	DISNEY XD	0.03	177
YO-KAI WATCH	DISNEY XD	0.02	138
MASSIVE MONSTER MAYHEM	NICKTOONS	0.02	116
YU-GI-OH	NICKTOONS	0.02	108
MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP	DISCOVERY FAM	0.02	55
ELIZABETH I	OVATION	0.01	77

Source: Nielsen Media Research