A grand-slam home run.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
‘FOX: Game 7 of the WORLD SERIES had a titanic 12.1 rating in preliminary numbers. Incredibly, that more than doubled the last Game 7 just 2 years ago, which tallied a 5.6.
ABC: The CMA AWARDS fell 0.9 from last year to 2.9, but considering the historic level of competition the show faced, it could have been worse.
CBS: The scheduled episode of CRIMINAL MINDS was pulled for a 0.9 rerun, which left SURVIVOR to drop 0.4 to 1.5, and CODE BLACK to drop 0.3 to 0.7, both series lows.
CW: There isn’t much overlap between baseball fans and CW viewers, considering that ARROW slipped just 0.1 to 0.6, and FREQUENCY remained steady at 0.3.
NBC: The network pulled its entire schedule rather than face Game 7, airing reruns topped by 0.8 for the 9PM SVU.
FOX’s PITCH will hope that after a huge week of baseball, some viewers will stick around for the scripted drama version.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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