Three World Series games made it into the top 10 in Nielsen’s Household ratings and powered Fox to the top position in both HH and the 18-49 demo. ABC’s “Modern Family” was the top show in 18-49, but the young-skewing show was well back at #14 in HH, while “NCIS” on CBS claimed the top spot.
In HH Fox scored an average 7.2 rating and 12 share, with CBS at 6.9/11, ABC 5.6/9, NBC 3.4/6, Univision 1.7/3, CW 1.2/2, Ion 0.7/1, Telemundo 0.6/1, TeleFutura 0.2/0 and Azteca America and EstrellaTV 0.1/0.
For 18-49 Fox had 3.6/10, CBS 2.6/7, ABC 2.4/6, NBC 1.8/5, Univision 1.4/4, CW 0.8/2, Telemundo 0.4/1, Ion 0.3/1, TeleFutura 0.2/1 and EstrellaTV and Azteca America 0.1/0.
Here are the week’s top 20 programs:
| The Nielsen Company Broadcast Ranking Report | ||||||
| Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 10/17/11 – 10/23/11 | ||||||
| Rank | Program | Network | HH Rating | HH Share | 2+ Audience (000) | |
| 1 | NCIS | CBS | 11.9 | 18 | 19411 | |
| 2 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 11.6 | 17 | 17760 | |
| 3 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 9.3 | 14 | 15354 | |
| 4 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 4(S) | FOX | 9.2 | 14 | 15156 | |
| 5 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 9.1 | 14 | 13796 | |
| 5 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 9.1 | 13 | 15140 | |
| 7 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 9.0 | 15 | 14929 | |
| 8 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 2(S) | FOX | 8.9 | 14 | 14280 | |
| 8 | OT, THE | FOX | 8.9 | 15 | 14694 | |
| 10 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 1(S) | FOX | 8.7 | 14 | 14174 | |
| 11 | 60 MINUTES | CBS | 8.2 | 13 | 12616 | |
| 11 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 8.2 | 13 | 13152 | |
| 13 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 8.1 | 13 | 12537 | |
| 14 | MODERN FAMILY | ABC | 7.8 | 12 | 13045 | |
| 15 | PERSON OF INTEREST | CBS | 7.7 | 12 | 12423 | |
| 15 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 7.7 | 13 | 11877 | |
| 17 | NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL | NBC | 7.6 | 12 | 12465 | |
| 18 | CASTLE | ABC | 7.5 | 12 | 11232 | |
| 18 | ONCE UPON A TIME | ABC | 7.5 | 11 | 12935 | |
| 20 | MIKE & MOLLY | CBS | 7.0 | 10 | 11508 | |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | ||||||
