World Series and Fox dominate the week’s ratings
The World Series face-off between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies has been producing strong ratings for Fox. The first four games of the Series carried Fox to a big ratings win across all major demos in the past week.
In Households, Fox scored an 8.8 average rating and 14 share, followed by CBS 6.1/10, ABC 6.0/10, NBC 3.5/6, Univision 1.7/3, CW 1.4/2, Ion 0.6/1, Telemundo 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
For the key 18-49 demo, Fox was at 4.8/13, with ABC well back at 2.7/8, CBS 2.3/6, NBC 1.9/5, Univision 1.2/3, CW 1.1/3, Telemundo 0.5/1, TeleFutura 0.4/1 and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 shows.
The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | |||||
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 10/26/09 - 11/1/09 | |||||
Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ audience (000) |
1 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 4(S) | FOX | 13.5 | 22 | 22761 |
2 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 1(S) | FOX | 11.9 | 19 | 19511 |
3 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 2(S) | FOX | 11.7 | 19 | 18897 |
4 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 11.3 | 17 | 17380 |
5 | FOX WORLD SERIES GM4-PRE(S) | FOX | 10.7 | 17 | 17815 |
6 | NCIS | CBS | 10.4 | 16 | 16697 |
7 | OT, THE | FOX | 9.8 | 16 | 16607 |
8 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 9.7 | 16 | 15528 |
9 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 9.6 | 15 | 15198 |
10 | CSI | CBS | 9.2 | 14 | 15240 |
11 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 3(S) | FOX | 9.1 | 18 | 15397 |
12 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 8.8 | 13 | 14078 |
12 | GREY'S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 8.8 | 13 | 13737 |
14 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 8.4 | 13 | 12937 |
15 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 7.6 | 13 | 11524 |
16 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 7.2 | 11 | 11093 |
17 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 7.1 | 11 | 11411 |
18 | SURVIVOR: SAMOA | CBS | 6.9 | 11 | 12187 |
19 | CASTLE | ABC | 6.8 | 11 | 9987 |
20 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 6.6 | 10 | 10855 |
Source: The Nielsen Company Have an opinion on this article? Post your comment below.
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