UPDATED Saturday Ratings - 'Saturday Night Live' with Will Ferrell Hits Season High; '48 Hours' Dips

On January 27, 2018, ABC won in the Adults 18-49 demographic with a 1.13 rating - followed by NBC (0.63), FOX (0.50) and CBS (0.43).

Furthermore, CBS won in total viewers with 3.770 million viewers - followed by ABC (3.502), NBC (3.027) and FOX (1.593).

UPDATE - NBA Basketball and UFC Fight Night were adjusted up. NBA Countdown and the repeats of Superstore and Dateline were adjusted down.

ABC (1.13 Rating, 3.502 Million Viewers)

        NBA COUNTDOWN (0.5)
        NBA BASKETBALL (1.5)

NBC (0.63 Rating, 3.027 Million Viewers)

        WILL & GRACE (0.3) REPEAT
        SUPERSTORE (0.3) REPEAT
        DATELINE (0.5) REPEAT
        SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (0.7) REPEAT
        SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (2.3, +0.5)

FOX (0.50 Rating, 1.593 Million Viewers)

        UFC FIGHT NIGHT (0.6)

CBS (0.43 Rating, 3.770 Million Viewers)

        NCIS (0.4) REPEAT
        SEAL TEAM (0.4) REPEAT
        48 HOURS (0.5, -0.1)

                                        The Final Ratings for Saturday, January 27 

Time	Network	Show	18 - 49 Rating	Viewers (Millions)
8:00 PM	FOX	UFC Fight Night (8-10)	0.6	1.770
	ABC	NBA Countdown	0.5	2.085
	CBS	NCIS - R	0.4	4.044
	NBC	Will & Grace - R	0.3	1.804
8:30 PM	ABC	NBA Basketball (8:30-11)	1.5	4.678
	NBC	Superstore - R	0.3	1.220
9:00 PM	NBC	Dateline - R	0.5	2.858
	CBS	SEAL Team - R	0.4	3.234
10:00 PM	NBC	Saturday Night Live - R	0.7	2.901
	CBS	48 Hours	0.5	4.095
11:30 PM	NBC	Saturday Night Live (11:30-1)	2.3

Average Rating: 0.73

Average Viewership: 2.869


NOTE: For the 2017-18 broadcast season, Nielsen has determined that there are 119.6 million TV households. The Adults 18-49 demographic is the rating most commonly reported and helps determine ad rates but is not the sole explanation for whether a show will be renewed or cancelled.