News and Sports Series
Please note that I have left the traditional A18-49+ labels on these tables, but in the case of this low-priority programming they are often not appropriate. For example, even using the 'for Friday' labels,
48 Hours grades as a 'flop' every year, while
America's Funniest Home Videos is graded with weeknight labels even though the Sunday 7:00 is realistically more like a Friday timeslot.
Also, I know,
AFHV is not actually 'news,' I just categorize it that way since it is scheduled similarly. There are some other caveats with individual shows listed below.
20/20 (2001-18)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
25 | 2001-02 | 78 | marginal | 0.86 | | 39 | 111 | 104 | 72 |
26 | 2002-03 | 63 | solid(Fri) | 0.69 | -20% | 43 | 88 | 56 | 59 |
27 | 2003-04 | 73 | solid(Fri) | 0.80 | +16% | 37 | 103 | 69 | 74 |
28 | 2004-05 | 68 | solid(Fri) | 0.75 | -7% | 49 | 96 | 74 | 49 |
29 | 2005-06 | 64 | solid(Fri) | 0.70 | -6% | 44 | 84 | 71 | 71 |
30 | 2006-07 | 63 | solid(Fri) | 0.69 | -1% | 32 | 82 | 58 | 58 |
31 | 2007-08 | 55 | flop | 0.61 | -12% | 36 | 88 | 48 | 57 |
32 | 2008-09 | 64 | solid(Fri) | 0.70 | +16% | 40 | 116 | 57 | 53 |
33 | 2009-10 | 58 | flop | 0.63 | -10% | 32 | 99 | 82 | 46 |
34 | 2010-11 | 58 | flop | 0.64 | +1% | 39 | 79 | 63 | 59 |
35 | 2011-12 | 60 | solid(Fri) | 0.66 | +3% | 38 | 89 | 51 | 51 |
36 | 2012-13 | 69 | solid(Fri) | 0.75 | +14% | 43 | 85 | 85 | 66 |
37 | 2013-14 | 78 | hit(Fri) | 0.85 | +13% | 48 | 101 | 69 | 85 |
38 | 2014-15 | 75 | hit(Fri) | 0.82 | -3% | 48 | 101 | 95 | 65 |
39 | 2015-16 | 76 | hit(Fri) | 0.83 | +1% | 48 | 117 | 89 | 82 |
40 | 2016-17 | 70 | solid(Fri) | 0.77 | -8% | 49 | 106 | 57 | 49 |
41 | 2017-18 | 51 | flop | 0.56 | -28% | 37 | 77 | 51 | 37 |
48 Hours (2001-18)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
13 | 2001-02 | 59 | flop | 0.64 | | 30 | 109 | 70 | 86 |
14 | 2002-03 | 56 | flop | 0.61 | -5% | 41 | 92 | 43 | 65 |
15 | 2003-04 | 58 | flop | 0.64 | +4% | 37 | 86 | 42 | 57 |
16 | 2004-05 | 52 | flop | 0.57 | -11% | 39 | 76 | 61 | 39 |
17 | 2005-06 | 51 | flop | 0.56 | -1% | 34 | 74 | 49 | 39 |
18 | 2006-07 | 55 | flop | 0.60 | +7% | 32 | 74 | 64 | 48 |
19 | 2007-08 | 50 | flop | 0.54 | -10% | 24 | 73 | 45 | 42 |
20 | 2008-09 | 53 | flop | 0.58 | +8% | 40 | 73 | 60 | 50 |
21 | 2009-10 | 48 | flop | 0.52 | -11% | 36 | 60 | 50 | 53 |
22 | 2010-11 | 47 | flop | 0.52 | -1% | 31 | 67 | 51 | 43 |
23 | 2011-12 | 49 | flop | 0.54 | +3% | 38 | 55 | 51 | 42 |
24 | 2012-13 | 48 | flop | 0.52 | -3% | 33 | 62 | 43 | 38 |
25 | 2013-14 | 44 | flop | 0.48 | -7% | 27 | 64 | 53 | 42 |
26 | 2014-15 | 49 | flop | 0.53 | +10% | 36 | 65 | 59 | 54 |
27 | 2015-16 | 56 | flop | 0.61 | +14% | 34 | 69 | 55 | 34 |
28 | 2016-17 | 53 | flop | 0.58 | -5% | 33 | 65 | 65 | 33 |
29 | 2017-18 | 50 | flop | 0.54 | -6% | 34 | 82 | 39 | 46 |
60 Minutes (2001-18)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
34 | 2001-02 | 75 | marginal | 0.82 | | 44 | 116 | 70 | 60 |
35 | 2002-03 | 66 | flop | 0.72 | -11% | 43 | 117 | 74 | 45 |
36 | 2003-04 | 75 | marginal | 0.82 | +13% | 42 | 138 | 64 | 47 |
37 | 2004-05 | 77 | marginal | 0.84 | +3% | 42 | 133 | 52 | 42 |
38 | 2005-06 | 75 | marginal | 0.82 | -3% | 44 | 138 | 116 | 44 |
39 | 2006-07 | 73 | marginal | 0.80 | -2% | 42 | 130 | 61 | 48 |
40 | 2007-08 | 77 | marginal | 0.85 | +6% | 42 | 151 | 82 | 48 |
41 | 2008-09 | 91 | marginal | 0.99 | +17% | 50 | 209 | 73 | 50 |
42 | 2009-10 | 84 | marginal | 0.92 | -7% | 39 | 142 | 114 | 39 |
43 | 2010-11 | 89 | marginal | 0.98 | +6% | 55 | 157 | 122 | 63 |
44 | 2011-12 | 97 | marginal | 1.06 | +9% | 51 | 203 | 97 | 63 |
45 | 2012-13 | 100 | solid | 1.10 | +3% | 57 | 233 | 81 | 57 |
46 | 2013-14 | 104 | solid | 1.14 | +4% | 53 | 212 | 74 | 69 |
47 | 2014-15 | 103 | solid | 1.13 | -1% | 48 | 232 | 208 | 59 |
48 | 2015-16 | 111 | solid | 1.22 | +8% | 34 | 330 | 199 | 34 |
49 | 2016-17 | 127 | hit | 1.39 | +14% | 49 | 278 | 212 | 65 |
50 | 2017-18 | 122 | solid | 1.33 | -4% | 62 | 365 | 249 | 73 |
America's Funniest Home Videos (2001-18)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
12 | 2001-02 | 63 | solid(Fri) | 0.69 | | 49 | 84 | 58 | 60 |
13 | 2002-03 | 74 | solid(Fri) | 0.81 | +18% | 56 | 97 | 63 | 68 |
14 | 2003-04 | 65 | flop | 0.71 | -12% | 54 | 79 | 59 | 69 |
15 | 2004-05 | 68 | flop | 0.74 | +4% | 47 | 86 | 47 | 54 |
16 | 2005-06 | 69 | flop | 0.76 | +3% | 52 | 86 | 64 | 59 |
17 | 2006-07 | 69 | flop | 0.76 | 0% | 48 | 90 | 72 | 58 |
18 | 2007-08 | 71 | marginal | 0.78 | +3% | 51 | 88 | 79 | 51 |
19 | 2008-09 | 71 | marginal | 0.78 | +0% | 53 | 93 | 86 | 53 |
20 | 2009-10 | 72 | marginal | 0.79 | +1% | 57 | 96 | 78 | 71 |
21 | 2010-11 | 70 | marginal | 0.76 | -3% | 55 | 87 | 75 | 63 |
22 | 2011-12 | 68 | flop | 0.74 | -3% | 47 | 93 | 63 | 63 |
23 | 2012-13 | 71 | marginal | 0.77 | +4% | 62 | 85 | 71 | 81 |
24 | 2013-14 | 74 | marginal | 0.81 | +5% | 53 | 85 | 64 | 85 |
25 | 2014-15 | 79 | marginal | 0.86 | +6% | 54 | 101 | 71 | 83 |
26 | 2015-16 | 70 | marginal | 0.77 | -11% | 48 | 89 | 76 | 69 |
27 | 2016-17 | 76 | marginal | 0.84 | +9% | 57 | 98 | 82 | 65 |
28 | 2017-18 | 92 | marginal | 1.01 | +21% | 77 | 126 | 79 | 82 |
CFB on Fox (2012-17)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
1 | Fall 2012 | 50 | flop | 0.55 | | 28 | 76 | 28 | 33 |
2 | Fall 2013 | 42 | flop | 0.46 | -17% | 27 | 64 | 58 | 37 |
3 | 2014 | 49 | flop | 0.53 | +16% | 24 | 125 | 24 | 42 |
4 | Fall 2015 | 67 | solid(Fri) | 0.74 | +38% | 27 | 137 | 55 | 137 |
5 | Fall 2016 | 60 | solid(Fri) | 0.65 | -11% | 33 | 155 | 41 | 73 |
6 | Fall 2017 | 67 | solid(Fri) | 0.73 | +12% | 37 | 140 | 46 | 61 |
Dateline Fri (2001-18)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
10 | 2001-02 | 80 | hit(Fri) | 0.87 | | 58 | 100 | 98 | 67 |
11 | 2002-03 | 71 | solid(Fri) | 0.77 | -11% | 36 | 88 | 74 | 36 |
12 | 2003-04 | 70 | solid(Fri) | 0.77 | 0% | 52 | 113 | 69 | 54 |
13 | 2004-05 | 58 | flop | 0.63 | -18% | 42 | 76 | 76 | 69 |
14 | 2005-06 | 58 | flop | 0.64 | +1% | 34 | 94 | 52 | 47 |
15 | 2006-07 | 56 | flop | 0.61 | -4% | 42 | 85 | 85 | 45 |
16 | 2007-08 | 59 | flop | 0.65 | +6% | 42 | 97 | 57 | 42 |
17 | 2008-09 | 48 | flop | 0.53 | -18% | 37 | 70 | 37 | 43 |
18 | 2009-10 | 55 | flop | 0.60 | +13% | 46 | 71 | 53 | 53 |
19 | 2010-11 | 56 | flop | 0.61 | +2% | 28 | 75 | 63 | 43 |
20 | 2011-12 | 56 | flop | 0.61 | 0% | 34 | 85 | 85 | 68 |
21 | 2012-13 | 61 | solid(Fri) | 0.67 | +10% | 38 | 95 | 43 | 52 |
22 | 2013-14 | 67 | solid(Fri) | 0.73 | +9% | 53 | 80 | 69 | 69 |
23 | 2014-15 | 69 | solid(Fri) | 0.76 | +3% | 54 | 89 | 83 | 54 |
24 | 2015-16 | 69 | solid(Fri) | 0.76 | 0% | 55 | 96 | 69 | 62 |
25 | 2016-17 | 76 | hit(Fri) | 0.83 | +9% | 57 | 98 | 82 | 73 |
26 | 2017-18 | 73 | solid(Fri) | 0.80 | -3% | 53 | 94 | 83 | 73 |
NBA Saturday Primetime (2016-18)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
1 | Winter 2016 | 85 | hit(Fri) | 0.93 | | 41 | 137 | 103 | 41 |
2 | Winter 2017 | 78 | hit(Fri) | 0.86 | -8% | 41 | 180 | 98 | 49 |
3 | Winter 2018 | 97 | hit(Fri) | 1.06 | +23% | 55 | 138 | 126 | 73 |
Saturday Night Football (2006-17)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
1 | Fall 2006 | 77 | hit(Fri) | 0.84 | | 48 | 133 | 80 | 133 |
2 | Fall 2007 | 67 | solid(Fri) | 0.73 | -13% | 39 | 124 | 54 | 124 |
3 | 2008 | 90 | hit(Fri) | 0.99 | +35% | 40 | 156 | 63 | 96 |
4 | Fall 2009 | 84 | hit(Fri) | 0.92 | -7% | 50 | 142 | 96 | 142 |
5 | Fall 2010 | 78 | hit(Fri) | 0.85 | -7% | 47 | 106 | 63 | 106 |
6 | Fall 2011 | 95 | hit(Fri) | 1.04 | +21% | 38 | 144 | 114 | 80 |
7 | Fall 2012 | 102 | hit(Fri) | 1.12 | +8% | 33 | 242 | 142 | 71 |
8 | 2013 | 96 | hit(Fri) | 1.05 | -6% | 32 | 165 | 165 | 90 |
9 | 2014 | 115 | hit(Fri) | 1.26 | +20% | 54 | 250 | 113 | 184 |
10 | Fall 2015 | 115 | hit(Fri) | 1.26 | 0% | 48 | 185 | 185 | 158 |
11 | Fall 2016 | 145 | hit(Fri) | 1.58 | +26% | 57 | 269 | 204 | 82 |
12 | Fall 2017 | 151 | hit(Fri) | 1.66 | +5% | 73 | 360 | 360 | 142 |
Sunday Night Football (2001-17)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
32 | 2001-02 | 159 | big hit | 1.74 | | 98 | 195 | 195 | 172 |
33 | Fall 2002 | 165 | big hit | 1.81 | +4% | 140 | 191 | 187 | 155 |
34 | Fall 2003 | 167 | big hit | 1.83 | +1% | 123 | 197 | 190 | 168 |
35 | Fall 2004 | 162 | big hit | 1.78 | -3% | 111 | 199 | 174 | 150 |
36 | Fall 2005 | 158 | big hit | 1.73 | -3% | 106 | 224 | 190 | 128 |
1 | Fall 2006 | 177 | big hit | 1.94 | +12% | 125 | 234 | 207 | 125 |
2 | Fall 2007 | 192 | big hit | 2.10 | +8% | 142 | 260 | 224 | 178 |
3 | Fall 2008 | 212 | megahit | 2.32 | +11% | 130 | 299 | 180 | 180 |
4 | 2009-10 | 264 | megahit | 2.89 | +24% | 210 | 348 | 306 | 217 |
5 | 2010-11 | 325 | megahit | 3.56 | +23% | 264 | 421 | 421 | 271 |
6 | 2011-12 | 354 | megahit | 3.87 | +9% | 220 | 461 | 461 | 415 |
7 | Fall 2012 | 388 | megahit | 4.25 | +10% | 318 | 522 | 461 | 499 |
8 | Fall 2013 | 419 | megahit | 4.59 | +8% | 297 | 547 | 547 | 494 |
9 | Fall 2014 | 454 | megahit | 4.98 | +8% | 363 | 607 | 607 | 392 |
10 | 2015-16 | 544 | megahit | 5.96 | +20% | 398 | 707 | 707 | 542 |
11 | 2016-17 | 575 | megahit | 6.30 | +6% | 400 | 767 | 767 | 604 |
12 | Fall 2017 | 555 | megahit | 6.08 | -4% | 372 | 833 | 703 | 372 |
These numbers combine the two main broadcast primetime football franchises,
Monday Night Football on ABC (2001-05) and
Sunday Night Football
on NBC (2006-present). We may add some more cable numbers later and be
able to separate Monday and Sunday, but this combo is it for now.
Thursday Night Football (2014-17)
Seas | Year | A18-49+ | Label | Now18 | y2y | Lo | Hi | Premiere | Finale |
1 | 2014 | 352 | megahit | 3.85 | | 268 | 446 | 446 | 398 |
2 | Fall 2015 | 408 | megahit | 4.46 | +16% | 336 | 515 | 515 | 364 |
3 | Fall 2016 | 415 | megahit | 4.54 | +2% | 335 | 555 | 441 | 416 |
4 | Fall 2017 | 389 | megahit | 4.25 | -6% | 265 | 462 | 438 | 265 |
These numbers are the combined rating between the broadcast network and the NFL Network simulcast, including only games that aired on a broadcast network. All broadcast games were on CBS in 2014 and 2015. In 2016 and 2017, the broadcast package was split between CBS and NBC. The package moves to Fox beginning in 2018.
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