CBS on Saturday afternoon drew 4.45 million viewers for the annual Georgia-Florida football matchup, marking the game’s lowest audience in at least a decade, and likely further back. The last time the game dipped below 5 million viewers was in ’13 when it drew 4.92 million viewers. The high mark over the last decade for the matchup was ’09 with 6.93 million viewers.
The chart below lists audience figures for select recent sports telecasts.
NOTES : * = Featured Louisville-Virginia and Penn State-Purdue.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS (000) |
| World Series: Cubs-Indians: Game 5 |
10/30
|
Fox
|
8:12-11:51pm
|
13.1
|
23,638
|
| NFL nat'l window: Packers-Falcons (98%) |
10/30
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:37pm
|
13.1
|
22,736
|
| World Series: Cubs-Indians: Game 3 |
10/28
|
Fox
|
8:04-11:41pm
|
11.0
|
19,384
|
| World Series: Cubs-Indians: Game 1 |
10/25
|
Fox
|
8:05-11:48pm
|
11.3
|
19,370
|
| "SNF": Eagles-Cowboys |
10/30
|
NBC
|
8:31pm-12:05am
|
10.2
|
18,023
|
| World Series: Cubs-Indians: Game 2 |
10/26
|
Fox
|
7:04-11:12pm
|
10.2
|
17,393
|
| World Series: Cubs-Indians: Game 4 |
10/29
|
Fox
|
8:03-11:26pm
|
9.3
|
16,705
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
10/30
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:30pm
|
9.5
|
16,157
|
| NFL: (regional) |
10/30
|
Fox
|
1:37-4:25pm
|
7.7
|
12,812
|
| "MNF": Texans-Broncos |
10/24
|
ESPN
|
8:15-11:41pm
|
6.7
|
11,168
|
| NFL: Redskins-Bengals (London) |
10/30
|
Fox
|
9:36am-1:03pm
|
5.5
|
8,749
|
| "Football Night in America" |
10/30
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:22pm
|
4.5
|
7,798
|
| College football: Clemson-FSU |
10/29
|
ABC
|
8:07pm-12:35am
|
3.2
|
5,380
|
| "TNF": Jaguars-Titans |
10/27
|
NFL Net
|
8:27-11:17pm
|
3.2
|
5,068
|
| College football: Michigan-Michigan State |
10/29
|
ESPN
|
12:00-3:50pm
|
2.9
|
4,647
|
| College football: Florida-Georgia |
10/29
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:05pm
|
2.6
|
4,454
|
| College football: Nebraska-Wisconsin |
10/29
|
ESPN
|
7:06-10:30pm
|
2.1
|
3,770
|
| College football: Northwestern-Ohio State |
10/29
|
ESPN
|
3:50-7:06pm
|
2.2
|
3,657
|
| College football: Baylor-Texas |
10/29
|
ABC
|
3:40-7:54pm
|
2.2
|
3,513
|
| NBA: Spurs-Warriors |
10/25
|
TNT
|
10:12pm-12:56am
|
2.1
|
3,481
|
| College football: (regional)* |
10/29
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:42pm
|
1.9
|
2,920
|
| NBA: Knicks-Cavaliers |
10/25
|
TNT
|
7:33-10:12pm
|
1.7
|
2,870
|
| NASCAR Sprint Cup: Goody's Fast Relief 500 500 (Martinsville) |
10/30
|
NBCSN
|
1:23-4:44pm
|
1.6
|
2,674
|
| College Football: Miami-Notre Dame |
10/29
|
NBC
|
3:41-7:30pm
|
1.7
|
2,634
|
| "The NFL Today" |
10/30
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
1.7
|
2,584
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
10/30
|
Fox
|
9:00-9:36pm
|
1.4
|
2,044
|
| NBA: Rockets-Lakers |
10/26
|
ESPN
|
10:43pm-1:12am
|
n/a
|
2,002
|
| College football: West Virginia-Oklahoma State |
10/29
|
Fox
|
12:06-3:37pm
|
1.3
|
1,963
|
| NBA: Celtics-Bulls |
10/27
|
TNT
|
8:13-10:49pm
|
n/a
|
1,959
|
| "Golf's Best of 2016" |
10/30
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
1.3
|
1,919
|
| "College Football Today" |
10/29
|
CBS
|
3:00-3:30pm
|
0.7
|
1,143
|
| Liga MX: Chivas-Cruz Azul |
10/29
|
Univision
|
9:59pm-12:01am
|
0.6
|
1,103
|
| ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: Skate Canada (taped) |
10/30
|
NBC
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,090
|
| Liga MX: Tigres UANL-Monterrey |
10/29
|
Univision
|
7:55-9:59pm
|
0.6
|
1,047
|
| EPL: Southampton-Chelsea |
10/30
|
NBC
|
12:00-2:00pm
|
0.5
|
817
|
| F1: Grand Prix of Mexico |
10/30
|
NBC
|
2:57-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
805
|
| EPL: Crystal Palace-Liverpool |
10/29
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.5
|
769
|
| "Stihl Timbersports Series" |
10/30
|
ABC
|
4:00-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
731
|
| Supercross: "Monster Energy Cup" |
10/29
|
Fox
|
3:37-5:00pm
|
0.5
|
727
|
| "College Football Special" |
10/29
|
CBS
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
669
|
| "Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series" |
10/29
|
CBS
|
1:30-2:30pm
|
0.4
|
600
|
| Liga MX: Club America-Santos Laguna |
10/29
|
UniMas
|
9:55pm-12:00am
|
0.3
|
520
|
| "Premier League Goal Zone" |
10/29
|
NBC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.3
|
492
|
| "Premier League Goal Zone" |
10/30
|
NBC
|
2:00-2:30pm
|
0.3
|
480
|
| "F1 Countdown" |
10/30
|
NBC
|
2:30-3:00pm
|
0.3
|
453
|
| "World of X Games: WSL Surfing" |
10/30
|
ABC
|
3:00-4:00pm
|
0.3
|
419
|
