Final Broadcast Ratings: September 16, 2017

FOX college football posted its best numbers of this young season, grabbing 4.9 million total viewers and a 1.5 rating in Adults 18-49, tying ABC Saturday Night College football and its 5.0 million viewers and 1.5 demo.

NBC edged out CBS for third place on the night, despite a low rated new special episode of RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS. the 10 PM program drew just 2.2 million viewers and a 0.4 rating in the A18-49 demographic. the lowest numbers of the night from any of the four networks.  

Final L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.00 million	1.1	1.5	1.8
CBS	3.30 million	0.2	0.4	0.7
CW	0.00 million	0.0	0.0	0.0
FOX	4.90 million	1.2	1.5	1.8
NBC	3.20 million	0.3	0.5	0.7

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Football Pre-game	3.07	0.7	0.8	0.9
8:10	ABC	Saturday Night College Football	5.06	1.2	1.6	1.9
8:00	CBS	Crimetime [R}	2.85	0.2	0.4	0.6
9:00	CBS	Crimetime [R]	3.07	0.2	0.4	0.6
10:00	CBS	48 Hours [R]	3.82	0.2	0.5	0.8
8:30	FOX	College Football	4.91	1.2	1.5	1.8
8:00	NBC	Dateline Mystery	3.81	0.3	0.5	0.8
10:00	NBC	Running Wild w/Bear Grylls	2.11	0.2	0.5	0.6

* - viewers in millions