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What follows are the fast affiliate results for Saturday, November 24 broken out in total viewers and adults 18-49 overall, followed by the results by half-hour:

-Total Viewers:
ABC: 13.93 million, CBS: 3.58, NBC: 3.52, Fox: 1.94

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 4.4 rating/13 share, NBC: 0.9/ 3, Fox: 0.5/ 2, CBS: 0.5/ 1

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-Winners:
Saturday Night Football: Notre Dame at Southern California (ABC)

-Losers:
Made in Jersey (CBS), College Football: Oregon at Oregon State (Fox)

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8:00 p.m.

ABC – Saturday Night Football: Notre Dame at Southern California
Viewers: 13.77 million (#1), A18-49: 4.1/13 (#1)

CBS – Made in Jersey (time period premiere)
Viewers: 2.54 million (#3), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#4)

NBC – Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Viewers: 3.02 million (#2), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#2t)

Fox – College Football: Oregon at Oregon State
Viewers: 2.15 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#2t)

CW – The Vampire Diaries (R)
Viewers: 902,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – Saturday Night Football: Notre Dame at Southern California
Viewers: 14.69 million (#1), A18-49: 4.6/14 (#1)

CBS – Made in Jersey (time period premiere)
Viewers: 2.50 million (#3), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)

NBC – Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Viewers: 3.21 million (#2), A18-49: 0.8/ 2 (#2)

Fox – College Football: Oregon at Oregon State
Viewers: 1.42 million (#4), A18-49: 0.5/ 1 (#3)

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9:00 p.m.

ABC – Saturday Night Football: Notre Dame at Southern California
Viewers: 14.48 million (#1), A18-49: 4.5/13 (#1)

CBS – NCIS (R)
Viewers: 3.62 million (#2), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#3t)

NBC – Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Viewers: 3.26 million (#3), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#2)

Fox – College Football: Oregon at Oregon State
Viewers: 1.24 million (#4), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#3t)

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9:30 p.m.

ABC – Saturday Night Football: Notre Dame at Southern California
Viewers: 13.55 million (#1), A18-49: 4.3/12 (#1)

CBS – NCIS (R)
Viewers: 4.17 million (#2), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#3)

NBC – Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Viewers: 3.49 million (#3), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#2)

Fox – College Football: Oregon at Oregon State
Viewers: 1.07 million (#4), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#4)

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10:00 p.m.

ABC – Saturday Night Football: Notre Dame at Southern California
Viewers: 13.30 million (#1), A18-49: 4.3/13 (#1)

CBS – 48 Hours
Viewers: 4.09 million (#2), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#4)

NBC – Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Viewers: 3.91 million (#3), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#2)

Fox – College Football: Oregon at Oregon State
Viewers: 3.27 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#3)

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10:30 p.m.

ABC – Saturday Night Football: Notre Dame at Southern California
Viewers: 13.78 million (#1), A18-49: 4.3/13 (#1)

CBS – 48 Hours
Viewers: 4.55 million (#2), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#3)

NBC – Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Viewers: 4.21 million (#3), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#2)

Fox – College Football: Oregon at Oregon State
Viewers: 2.51 million (#4), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#4)

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Notre Dame is going to score a huge number for that championship game on January 7th. ABC really shouldn’t gave ESPN that many major sporting events now ESPN is going to clear 30+ million for that game.

Big ratings for Notre Dame game.

Weekend U.S. box office

http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/11/twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-2-leads-box-office/

Quote from DuMont on November 25, 2012, 19:05
Truth be told, I thought the A18-49 for ABC’s ‘Saturday Night College Football’ featuring the Notre Dame v. USC game would be considerably higher, especially that last half hour when the game was so close leading up to that brilliant goal-line stand by the Notre Dame defence. Perhaps the Nielsens will rise when the finals are announced (to a 5.0 A18-49 perhaps).

It really bothers me that NBC does not participate in Notre Dame’s post-season play via their long-running (since 1991) ‘Notre Dame Football’ franchise. Allowing other networks to ride upon the Notre Dame gravy train is akin to FOX getting rights to ‘The Big Bang Theory’s season finale. Wouldn’t it be a nice gesture towards their longtime broadcaster for Notre Dame to now use their negotiating prowess to insist upon an NBC co-broadcast arrangement with ESPN for whichever bowl game Notre Dame participates in? Then, fans of Notre Dame would be able to choose between the home broadcaster (NBC) or the away broadcaster (ESPN) for their play-by-play commentary.

Keep dreaming Notre Dame homer. If NBC wants post-season college football, they should pony up for the rights.