The War of 18-49, News & Sports Series Through 2017-18

Here are War of 18-49 records for currently airing news/sports series.

Jump to a show: 20/20 | 48 Hours | 60 Minutes | America's Funniest Home Videos | CFB on Fox | Dateline Fri | NBA Saturday Primetime | Saturday Night Football | Sunday Night Football | Thursday Night Football

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.

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20/20 (2001-18)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
25	2001-02	Wed 10:00, Fri 10:00	3.38	-5%	1.7	4.8
26	2002-03	Friday 10:00	2.79	-17%	1.9	3.9
27	2003-04		Friday 10:00	2.96	+6%	1.5			4.2
28	2004-05		Friday 10:00	2.77	-6%	2.0			3.9
29	2005-06		Friday 10:00	2.60	-6%	1.8			3.4
30	2006-07		Friday 10:00	2.38	-9%	1.2			3.1
31	2007-08		Friday 10:00	1.83	-23%	1.2			2.9
32	2008-09		Friday 10:00	1.93	+5%	1.2			3.5
33	2009-10		Friday 10:00	1.63	-16%	0.9			2.8
34	2010-11		Friday 10:00	1.48	-9%	1.0			2.0
35	2011-12		Friday 10:00	1.43	-4%	0.9	2.1		detail
36	2012-13		Friday 10:00	1.45	+2%	0.9	1.8		detail
37	2013-14		Friday 10:00	1.46	+1%	0.9	1.9		detail
38	2014-15		Friday 10:00	1.27	-14%	0.8	1.7		detail
39	2015-16		Friday 10:00	1.11	-12%	0.7	1.7	detail	B
40	2016-17		Friday 10:00	0.86	-23%	0.6	1.3	detail	C
41	2017-18		Friday 10:00	0.56	-35%	0.4	0.8	detail	C-

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

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48 Hours (2001-18)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
13	2001-02	Fri 10:00, Wed 10:00	2.52	-26%	1.3	4.7
14	2002-03	Fri 8:00, Wed 10:00	2.49	-2%	1.8	4.1
15	2003-04	Sat 8:00, Wed 10:00	2.37	-5%	1.5	3.5
16	2004-05	Saturday 10:00	2.12	-11%	1.6	3.1
17	2005-06		Saturday 10:00	2.08	-2%	1.4			3.0
18	2006-07		Saturday 10:00	2.07	0%	1.2			2.8
19	2007-08		Saturday 10:00	1.64	-21%	0.8			2.4
20	2008-09		Saturday 10:00	1.61	-2%	1.2			2.2
21	2009-10		Saturday 10:00	1.34	-16%	1.0			1.7
22	2010-11		Saturday 10:00	1.20	-11%	0.8			1.7
23	2011-12		Saturday 10:00	1.16	-4%	0.9	1.3		detail
24	2012-13		Saturday 10:00	1.00	-13%	0.7	1.3		detail
25	2013-14		Saturday 10:00	0.83	-17%	0.5	1.2		detail
26	2014-15		Saturday 10:00	0.82	-2%	0.6	1.1		detail
27	2015-16		Saturday 10:00	0.81	-1%	0.5	1.0		detail
28	2016-17		Saturday 10:00	0.65	-20%	0.4	0.8		detail
29	2017-18		Saturday 10:00	0.54	-16%	0.4	0.9	detail

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

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60 Minutes (2001-18)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
34	2001-02	Sunday 7:00	3.22	+0%	1.9	5.0
35	2002-03		Sunday 7:00	2.94	-9%	1.9			5.2
36	2003-04		Sunday 7:00	3.03	+3%	1.7			5.6
37	2004-05		Sunday 7:00	3.14	+3%	1.7			5.4
38	2005-06		Sunday 7:00	3.03	-4%	1.8			5.6
39	2006-07		Sunday 7:00	2.75	-9%	1.6			4.9
40	2007-08		Sunday 7:00	2.56	-7%	1.4			5.0
41	2008-09		Sunday 7:00	2.73	+7%	1.5			6.3
42	2009-10		Sunday 7:00	2.37	-13%	1.1			4.0
43	2010-11		Sunday 7:00	2.27	-4%	1.4			4.0
44	2011-12		Sunday 7:00	2.29	+1%	1.2	4.8		detail
45	2012-13		Sunday 7:00	2.11	-8%	1.2	4.9		detail
46	2013-14		Sunday 7:00	1.96	-7%	1.0	4.0		detail
47	2014-15		Sunday 7:00	1.73	-12%	0.8	3.9		detail
48	2015-16		Sunday 7:00	1.62	-6%	0.5	4.8	detail	B+
49	2016-17		Sunday 7:00	1.55	-4%	0.6	3.4	detail	B+
50	2017-18		Sunday 7:00	1.33	-14%	0.7	4.0	detail	C+

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

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America's Funniest Home Videos (2001-18)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
12	2001-02	Friday 8:00	2.70	+9%	2.1	3.6
13	2002-03		Friday 8:00	3.28	+21%	2.5			4.3
14	2003-04	Sunday 7:00	2.63	-20%	2.2	3.2
15	2004-05		Sunday 7:00	2.75	+5%	1.9			3.5
16	2005-06		Sunday 7:00	2.82	+2%	2.1			3.5
17	2006-07		Sunday 7:00	2.61	-7%	1.8			3.4
18	2007-08		Sunday 7:00	2.36	-9%	1.7			2.9
19	2008-09		Sunday 7:00	2.15	-9%	1.6			2.8
20	2009-10		Sunday 7:00	2.03	-6%	1.6			2.7
21	2010-11		Sunday 7:00	1.77	-13%	1.4			2.2
22	2011-12		Sunday 7:00	1.60	-10%	1.1	2.2		detail
23	2012-13		Sunday 7:00	1.49	-7%	1.3	1.8		detail
24	2013-14		Sunday 7:00	1.40	-6%	1.0	1.6		detail
25	2014-15		Sunday 7:00	1.33	-5%	0.9	1.7		detail
26	2015-16		Sunday 7:00	1.03	-23%	0.7	1.3	detail	C-
27	2016-17		Sunday 7:00	0.94	-9%	0.7	1.2	detail	B+
28	2017-18	Sun 8:00, Sun 7:00	1.01	+8%	0.8	1.4	detail	A-

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

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CFB on Fox (2012-17)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
1	Fall 2012	Saturday 8:00	1.06		0.6	1.6	detail
2	Fall 2013		Saturday 8:00	0.79	-25%	0.5	1.2		detail
3	2014		Saturday 8:00	0.82	+4%	0.4	2.1		detail
4	Fall 2015		Saturday 8:00	0.98	+19%	0.4	2.0		detail
5	Fall 2016		Saturday 8:00	0.73	-25%	0.4	1.9		detail
6	Fall 2017		Saturday 8:00	0.73	+0%	0.4	1.5	detail

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

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Dateline Fri (2001-18)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
10	2001-02	Friday (various)	3.43	+7%	2.5	4.3
11	2002-03		Friday (various)	3.14	-8%	1.6			3.9
12	2003-04		Friday (various)	2.86	-9%	2.1			4.6
13	2004-05		Friday (various)	2.35	-18%	1.7			3.1
14	2005-06		Friday (various)	2.37	+0%	1.4			3.8
15	2006-07		Friday (various)	2.10	-11%	1.6			3.2
16	2007-08		Friday (various)	1.96	-7%	1.4			3.2
17	2008-09		Friday (various)	1.46	-26%	1.1			2.1
18	2009-10		Friday (various)	1.54	+6%	1.3			2.0
19	2010-11		Friday (various)	1.42	-8%	0.7			1.9
20	2011-12		Friday (various)	1.32	-7%	0.8	2.0		detail
21	2012-13		Friday (various)	1.29	-2%	0.8	2.0		detail
22	2013-14		Friday (various)	1.26	-2%	1.0	1.5		detail
23	2014-15		Friday (various)	1.16	-8%	0.9	1.5		detail
24	2015-16		Friday (various)	1.01	-13%	0.8	1.4	detail	B
25	2016-17		Friday (various)	0.93	-8%	0.7	1.2	detail	B+
26	2017-18		Friday (various)	0.80	-14%	0.6	1.0	detail	B-

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

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NBA Saturday Primetime (2016-18)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
1	Winter 2016	Saturday 8:30	1.24		0.6	2.0	detail
2	Winter 2017	Saturday 8:00	0.96	-22%	0.5	2.2	detail
3	Winter 2018	Saturday 8:30	1.06	+10%	0.6	1.5

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

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Saturday Night Football (2006-17)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
1	Fall 2006	Saturday 8:00	2.90		1.8	5.0
2	Fall 2007		Saturday 8:00	2.22	-24%	1.3			4.1
3	2008		Saturday 8:00	2.72	+22%	1.2			4.7
4	Fall 2009		Saturday 8:00	2.37	-13%	1.4			4.0
5	Fall 2010		Saturday 8:00	1.98	-16%	1.2			2.7
6	Fall 2011		Saturday 8:00	2.23	+13%	0.9	3.4		detail
7	Fall 2012		Saturday 8:00	2.15	-4%	0.7	5.1		detail
8	2013		Saturday 8:00	1.80	-16%	0.6	3.1		detail
9	2014		Saturday 8:00	1.93	+7%	0.9	4.2		detail
10	Fall 2015		Saturday 8:00	1.67	-13%	0.7	2.7		detail
11	Fall 2016		Saturday 8:00	1.77	+6%	0.7	3.3		detail
12	Fall 2017		Saturday 8:00	1.66	-6%	0.8	3.9	detail

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

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Sunday Night Football (2001-17)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
32	2001-02	Monday 9:00	6.84	-26%	4.2	8.4
33	Fall 2002		Monday 9:00	7.34	+7%	6.2			8.5
34	Fall 2003		Monday 9:00	6.79	-7%	5.0			8.0
35	Fall 2004		Monday 9:00	6.61	-3%	4.5			8.1
36	Fall 2005		Monday 9:00	6.41	-3%	4.3			9.1
1	Fall 2006	Sunday 8:30	6.66	+4%	4.7	8.8
2	Fall 2007		Sunday 8:30	6.34	-5%	4.7			8.6
3	Fall 2008		Sunday 8:30	6.38	+1%	3.9			9.0
4	2009-10		Sunday 8:30	7.42	+16%	5.9			9.8
5	2010-11		Sunday 8:30	8.26	+11%	6.7			10.7
6	2011-12		Sunday 8:30	8.36	+1%	5.2	10.9		detail
7	Fall 2012		Sunday 8:30	8.16	-2%	6.7	11.0		detail
8	Fall 2013		Sunday 8:30	7.90	-3%	5.6	10.3		detail
9	Fall 2014		Sunday 8:30	7.64	-3%	6.1	10.2		detail
10	2015-16		Sunday 8:30	7.92	+4%	5.8	10.3		detail
11	2016-17		Sunday 8:30	7.05	-11%	4.9	9.4		detail
12	Fall 2017		Sunday 8:30	6.08	-14%	4.1	9.1	detail

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.

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Thursday Night Football (2014-17)

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
1	2014	Thursday 8:30	5.91		4.5	7.5	detail
2	Fall 2015		Thursday 8:30	5.94	+0%	4.9	7.5		detail
3	Fall 2016		Thursday 8:30	5.08	-14%	4.1	6.8		detail
4	Fall 2017		Thursday 8:30	4.25	-16%	2.9	5.1	detail

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.