The other networks are glad to see the last of the World Series.
FOX: Per Mitch Metcalf: with a 5.4 preliminary number, WORLD SERIES GAME 6 might end up around a 6.0 adult 18-49 rating in the official nationals, just below the low-end of the three recent Game 6 ratings (6.2 in 2008 for Philadelphia-Tampa Bay, 6.5 in 2011 for Texas-St Louis, and 7.4 in 2009 for NY Yankees-Philadelphia).
ABC: THE MIDDLE slipped 0.1 to a season low 2.1, while BACK IN THE GAME was even with last week’s low 1.7. SUPER FUN NIGHT aired for the first time without a new MODERN FAMILY as lead-in (the rerun that preceded it had a 2.2), and fell 0.3 to an inevitably new low 1.8. NASHVILLE dropped 0.2 to a new low 1.4.
CBS: SURVIVOR was down only 0.1 to 2.1, but CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI both fell 0.3, to 2.4 and 1.8 respectively.
NBC: REVOLUTION held even when most of last night’s shows were dropping, so there’s that–unfortunately it held at its series low 1.4. SVU was a rerun at 1.0.
CW: ARROW fell 0.2 to 0.7, and THE TOMORROW PEOPLE slipped 0.1 to 0.6. Obviously all of last night’s shows had an excuse, but that Arrow drop is a little worrisome, given that at CW, a couple of tenths is the difference between a hit and merely being OK.
The only downside for FOX is that since it didn’t know whether the World Series would reach 7 games, it couldn’t program for tonight, which means reruns to start November sweeps. Most of the other networks are all-new, with a sensible run of IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN on ABC and a Halloween SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SPECIAL at 8PM on NBC.
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