ABC’s Saturday Night Football presentation of Notre Dame at USC (8 p.m.) delivered a 5.1 overnight, SNF’s highest-rated Thanksgiving week game in six years (2012) and the highest-rated November prime-time game on any ESPN network or ABC since 2014 (more than 125 games).
The Fighting Irish victory, which all about assures them a spot in the College Football Playoff, led ABC to a 55% year-over-year increase from the similar window last season (Notre Dame at Stanford) and out-rated the broadcast competition in week 13 by 325% head-to-head, marking the 11th Saturday in the sport’s 13 weeks that ABC/ESPN delivered the highest-rated primetime game in the sport.
The Fighting Irish victory, which all about assures them a spot in the College Football Playoff, led ABC to a 55% year-over-year increase from the similar window last season (Notre Dame at Stanford) and out-rated the broadcast competition in week 13 by 325% head-to-head, marking the 11th Saturday in the sport’s 13 weeks that ABC/ESPN delivered the highest-rated primetime game in the sport.
