| Scoreboard |  |
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| Total Viewers (million) | 5.70 | 5.35 | 4.38 | 4.31 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.7/6 | 1.9/6 | 1.5/5 | 1.1/4 |
Kimbo Slice got back in the ring last night for CBS’s EliteXC Saturday Night Fights and got pounded in the ring, losing to Seth Petruzelli in 15 14 seconds, and to Fox’s America’s Most Wanted in the ratings by 1.62 million viewers and 0.2 adults 18-49 demo ratings points. That’s exactly the same overnight viewership for Kimbo Slice from his bout on May 31, and just a tick down from the demo, but America’s Most Wanted was even stronger than it was on May 31.
ABC’s College Football helped ABC average the most viewers (5.70 million) for Saturday night (but note below, these fast overnight ratings are inaccurate for live events), but it was the always consistent combo of Cops and America’s Most Wanted that won the 18-49 demo for Fox with a 1.9 rating.
NBC received what it likely expected from the Knight Rider and Law & Order: SVU repeats. Nothing.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | ABC | College Football (8-11p) | 5.70 | 1.7/6 |
| FOX | Cops (1 new, 1 repeat) | 4.92 | 1.8/6 | |
| CBS | 48 Hours Mystery (repeat) | 4.53 | 1.0/4 | |
| NBC | Knight Rider x2 (8-10p) (repeat) | 3.82 | 1.0/4 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | America’s Most Wanted | 5.92 | 2.0/7 |
| CBS | EliteXC Saturday Night Fights (9-11p) | 4.30 | 1.8/6 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | Law & Order: SVU (repeat) | 5.28 | 1.3/4 |
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Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot. Timeslot demo winners are in bold.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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The comparison to the 5/31 overnight may be flawed as that night the entire Kimbo Slice bout took place after 11pm, and wasn’t in the overnights and the post-primetime viewing was the highest, jacking up the average for the airing to 4.85 million. I didn’t watch last night so I don’t know if it ran past 11 again. I do know on May 31, the event dominated in men 18-34 (no doubt MMA’s target market) and men 18-49 as well. That event had a 3.2/12 among men 18-34. The 7/26 event with no Kimbo had 1.0/5 among men 18-34.
I smell a rematch. The question is “over/under 30 seconds?” (the amount of time Kimbo stays on his feet…
The Cops repeat is the one that outrates the original ep, right? lol
Ouch! He was hyped up too much and not a great fighter. Cyborg is going to crush Gina when they fight, but I hope she doesn’t mess her face up too much.
So what happened to the overnight ratings for CBS and all the rest? When do those come in?
Roo, do you mean Sunday’s? They won’t be out until around noon, like always.
(That’s noon EDT, of course.)
Roo, Julia’s right, but if you meant the “ratings by network” posts – they aren’t done on an overnight basis, they’re posted weekly, with final (not preliminary) numbers, usually on Wednesday.
Here again….
ABC
Of course, College Football won in viewers; I was surprised it didn’t win the demo. Robert, do you have any 18-34 numbers? But I was expected more viewers although I’m guessing Saturday’s teams wasn’t popular! Now when football is done, I’m guessing they will be showing movies with low viewership.
If I was ABC, I would make Saturdays a crime night like what FOX has. I would bring back Women’s Murder Club & put it a 8 or 9 pm. Have some Primetime: Crime at 8 or 9 pm. then 20/20 specials at 10 pm. Thats all they have to do!
FOX
The usual shows on a Saturday night, nice! But isn’t Cops & America’s Most Wanted suppose to have over 6 mil and a 2.0 demo? Are people getting tired over these show which are like over 20 years old?
CBS
48 Hours Mystery I guess wasn’t promoted at all and this is below the ratings it got for its season premiere(7.27 million; 1.8/4). Same for EliteXC Saturday Night Fight, I only saw a promo on Friday night & was excpecting more viewers.
Next week, I’m guessing crime show repeats.
NBC
Knight Rider repeats better than Chuck but not that more of viewers. Law & Order:SVU get okay ratings for repeats especially for a Saturday night! If I was NBC, at 8 pm, Dateline crime episodes, Law & Order repeats & either SVU or CI repeats at 9-10 pm.