Due to the nature of live sports programming the ratings for FOX’s coverage of the MLB ALCS (Yankees vs. Angels) are approximate and subject to significant revisions in the final numbers. See below for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings.
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| rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.0/11 | 3.3/9 | 3.0/8 | 2.4/7 | 1.4/4 | 0.8/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.7/11 | 2.8/8 | 1.8/5 | 2.6/8 | 1.5/5 | 0.8/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 11.488 | 10.343 | 11.405 | 5.878 | 3.545 | 2.079 |
With CBS (mostly) and the CW in repeats, ABC held steady and widened its margin of victory on Thursday night.
ABC was flat overall from last Thursday and its individual show ratings varied little to continue its trend of winning on Thursday's this season.
Fox is getting a lot better luck with the ALCS this season than they did with the NLCS last season. From 8-11p, ALCS Game 5 (Yankees v. Angels) delivered a 3.3/8 among Adults 18-49. The final ratings this afternoon are expected to make this the highest rating game of the series. It's well ahead of last year's NLCS Game 5 on FOX (Phillies v. Dodgers, Wednesday 10/15/08) by +27% among Adults 18-49 (3.3/9 vs. 2.6/7). The best news for Fox is that the Angels won, pushing the series to at least 6 games.
While the rest of the CBS line up was in repeats, Survivor: Samoa's ratings hit season highs across the board, up 14% in the adults 18-49 demo from last week.
Overall, NBC was steady on the night vs. last Thursday as well, with Parks & Recreation, The Office and 30 Rock each up a bit in the adults 18-49 ratings, and Community and The Jay Leno Show down.
The CW was entirely in repeats.
In Late-Night Local People Meters Thursday night:
- Conan O'Brien (0.9/4 in 18-49 in local people meters, encore) tied CBS's Late Show (0.9/4, encore) in Nielsen's 24 local markets with People Meters. Conan topped Late Show in adults 18-34 (0.7/3 vs. 0.5/3).
- At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.5/3 in 18-49 in local people meters, encore) tied CBS's LATE Late Show (0.5/4, encore). Jimmy also tied Ferguson in 18-34 (0.4/3 vs. 0.4/2).
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor: Samoa | 3.7 | 11 | 12.161 |
| FOX | Baseball ALCS, Yankees v. Angels | 3.3 | 10 | 11.077 | |
| ABC | FlashForward | 3.0 | 9 | 9.730 | |
| NBC | Community | 1.9 | 6 | 5.184 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 2.421 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Survivor: Samoa | 4.3 | 12 | 13.597 |
| ABC | FlashForward | 3.1 | 9 | 9.904 | |
| FOX | Baseball ALCS, Yankees v. Angels | 2.9 | 8 | 9.500 | |
| NBC | Parks & Recreation | 2.1 | 6 | 4.981 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.9 | 2 | 2.195 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 4.9 | 13 | 13.935 |
| NBC | The Office | 4.2 | 11 | 8.517 | |
| FOX | Baseball ALCS, Yankees v. Angels | 2.8 | 7 | 9.355 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 2.2 | 6 | 10.271 | |
| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 1.943 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 5.6 | 14 | 15.402 |
| NBC | 30 Rock | 3.2 | 8 | 6.684 | |
| FOX | Baseball ALCS, Yankees v. Angels | 3.0 | 8 | 9.791 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 2.1 | 5 | 9.733 | |
| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 1.756 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Private Practice | 3.9 | 10 | 10.512 |
| FOX | Baseball ALCS, Yankees v. Angels | 3.7 | 10 | 11.135 | |
| CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 2.8 | 7 | 11.537 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.8 | 5 | 5.352 | |
| 10:30 | FOX | Baseball ALCS, Yankees v. Angels | 3.9 | 11 | 11.200 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 3.4 | 10 | 9.443 | |
| CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 2.7 | 8 | 11.132 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.5 | 4 | 4.552 |
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Definitions:
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Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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