Due to the nature of live sports programming the ratings for FOX’s World Series Game 2 (Yankees vs. Phillies) are approximate, however they have been time zone adjusted and are subject to less revision than typical for sports in the final numbers. See below for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings.
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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 5.7 | 3.8/10 | 3.5/9 | 2.4/6 | 1.7/4 | 1.3/3 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 4.8 | 3.6/10 | 2.2/6 | 2.6/8 | 1.9/5 | 1.4/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 18.954 | 10.541 | 14.117 | 5.559 | 3.533 | 3.514 |
Sports contests are falling Fox's way this fall, as the Yankees won game 2 of the World Series to even it, and the game averaged a 5.8 adults 18-49 rating and 18.9 million viewers (from 7:55-11:25pm) to win the night for Fox. That also topped every World Series Game 2 since 2004.
FlashForward fell 13% to a 2.7 adults 18-49 rating, it's lowest ever. Survivor: Samoa fell 8% from last week to a 3.7 rating.
Against baseball, Grey's Anatomy scored a 5.1 adults 18-49 rating down 4% from last week, but crushing CSI's 3.4 rating which was down 6% from its last new episode on 10/15.
At 10pm, Private Practice was down 3% to a 3.6 rating, just edging The Mentalist's 3.5 rating that was flat vs. last week.
NBC shows held up well vs. baseball, Community moved up 11% to a 2.1 adults 18-49 rating. Parks & Recreation was flat with a 2.1 rating. The Office registered a 4.2 rating, also flat vs. last week. 30 Rock had a 3.0 rating, down 9% from last week. The Jay Leno Show came in with a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating, effectively flat from last week.
For the CW, Vampire Diaries had its highest rating ever in adults 18-34 (2.3), matched its series high in women 18-34 (3.1 rating), and had its second best performance of the year in adults 18-49 (2.0 rating). Supernatural equaled its best ratings of the season in adults 18-34 (1.4 rating).
In Late-Night Local People Meters Thursday night:
- Conan O'Brien (0.9/4 in 18-49 in local people meters) trailed CBS's Late Show (1.0/4) in Nielsen's 24 local markets with People Meters.
- At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.6/3 in 18-49 in local people meters) tied CBS's Late Late Show (0.6/4).
Note: No share data for the World Series Game 2 as yet.
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millions) |
| 7:55 | FOX | World Series Game 2, Yankees v. Phillies | 2.9 | 9.715 | |
| 8:00 | FOX | World Series Game 2, Yankees v. Phillies | 4.3 | 15.529 | |
| CBS | Survivor: Samoa | 3.6 | 10 | 12.326 | |
| ABC | FlashForward | 2.7 | 8 | 8.916 | |
| NBC | Community | 2.1 | 6 | 5.481 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries | 1.9 | 6 | 4.071 | |
| 8:30 | FOX | World Series Game 2, Yankees v. Phillies | 5.4 | 18.808 | |
| CBS | Survivor: Samoa | 3.8 | 10 | 12.654 | |
| ABC | FlashForward | 2.8 | 7 | 9.035 | |
| NBC | Parks & Recreation | 2.1 | 5 | 4.963 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries | 2.1 | 5 | 4.307 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | World Series Game 2, Yankees v. Phillies | 5.6 | 19.389 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 5.0 | 12 | 13.182 | |
| NBC | The Office | 4.2 | 10 | 8.142 | |
| CBS | CSI | 3.3 | 8 | 14.622 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 1.3 | 3 | 2.921 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | World Series Game 2, Yankees v. Phillies | 5.8 | 19.624 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 5.2 | 13 | 13.652 | |
| CBS | CSI | 3.5 | 9 | 15.261 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock | 3.0 | 7 | 6.011 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 1.3 | 3 | 2.833 | |
| 10:00 | FOX | World Series Game 2, Yankees v. Phillies | 6.4 | 19.867 | |
| ABC | Private Practice | 3.8 | 10 | 9.804 | |
| CBS | The Mentalist | 3.6 | 9 | 15.216 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.7 | 4 | 4.620 | |
| 10:30 | FOX | World Series Game 2, Yankees v. Phillies | 6.8 | 20.505 | |
| CBS | The Mentalist | 3.4 | 9 | 14.621 | |
| ABC | Private Practice | 3.4 | 9 | 8.659 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.4 | 4 | 4.140 | |
| 11:00 | FOX | World Series Game 2, Yankees v. Phillies | 7.0 | 20.328 |
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Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
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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flash forward was down alot
I knew Vampire Diaries would hit a 2.0. Only .1 away from NBC’s comedies. At least CW has one hit!
Nice to see Greys holding up well!
Bad for Flash Forward but it was expected because of Baseball!
Yes! Community up!
Community’s episode last night was hilarious with Abed as Batman. Great stuff, but Parks was the standout of the night.
NBC’s thursday comedy block is probably the best two hours of television this fall.
Tar, FlashForward was down 13%, but of ABC’s Thursday shows, its the most male skewing. I’m not sure it wouldn’t have trended down anyway even without the World Series, but it took a bigger hit because of it.
BTW, the World Series numbers above are time zone adjusted. They won’t wind up changing much, if at all.
Good to see CW with some life (via the undead).
I watched NBC comedy block from 8-10 and it was good! I’m glad to see “Community” gain some ground. “Parks & Recreation” is funnier this season and last nights show was hilarious. “The Office” is always the highest rated, but of the four shows I found it the least funny last night (which usually is not the case for me) and I thought 30 Rock totally rocked last night–a very good and very funny episode.
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Pair Vampire Diaries with Eastwick, WB !
Warner Bros. produces both shows, based on recent Eastwick castings they didn’t give up on it yet, so if it gets cancelled try CW ! It could be HUGE for them!
Wow a 2.0 for The CW! They finally have a hit. They could seriously beat NBC in weeks to come
Too bad for FlashForward, hope it bounces next week. At least Community is back in the 2.0 zone. It’s amazing how The Office’s demo is twice demo of P&R. Glad 30 Rock stayed in the 3.0 zone
The Mentalist beat CSI in the demo and closing in with Private Practice!
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES WAS AWESOME LAST NIGHT
But The Mentalist is highly promoted by CBS, unlike Private Practice on ABC which is never i mean never promoted. So a 3.6 for a show that gets basically no promotion is excellent!
Vampire Diaries is easily my favourite show of the season so far it started slow but keeps getting better every week i hate that they’re already killing off series regulars though
I’m encouraged by Community going up. Last night’s episode was hilarious, the best yet. Senor Chang is hysterical and for once Chevy Chase was actually funny in the show. I hope it keeps improving.
As for FlashForward, I would have to imagine baseball would have some effect. They really need to start getting things rolling though. They need to realize their viewers are interested in the mystery surrounding the blackout a ton more than the drama between characters. That stuff is important too but enough of that already. Dominic as Simon is going to work well. Love his creepy role and we need to see a lot more of him every episode.
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WB hasn’t given up on Eastwick yet because the have been paid by ABC for 13 episodes regardless of what ABC does, although those pesky accountants might insist that ABC air all 13.
“But The Mentalist is highly promoted by CBS, unlike Private Practice on ABC which is never i mean never promoted. So a 3.6 for a show that gets basically no promotion is excellent!”
Very true. I watch a lot of shows on ABC and I never see promos for Private Practice except during Grey’s Anatomy
CW cracks the 2.0!!!! Grey’s holding up nicely. private practice still best performer @ 10pm across all week and all networks – Good times for my favourites shows
If only the fates of Dollhouse and Eastwick could change somehow….
I don’t know what to make of Flashforward. Those ratings could be that it is male-leaning, despite the female sub-plots shoehorned in (see the hospital set), and thus suffering from baseball – or it could be general unhappiness with the show. I thought it would settle around high 2s, so I can’t say which is the case yet.
Mentalist over CSI? Boy, it’s not like half the commentators here thought they should have been swapped to begin with, or anything. Though again, it could just be that CSI is more male leaning than the Mentalist.
30 Rock down to a 3.0? Again, could be baseball, but I think it should be moved to 8:30 next year once it reaches syndicatable season 4 and NBC should use the post-Office slot to incubate another comedy.
Supernatural up simply because of no Fringe?
All in all, can’t wait for next week’s numbers to compare.
Flash Forward is bad. Like really bad. It’s amazing that this crappy show is able to pull these numbers.
i dont think we can completely blame flashforward on baseball- male skewing community and supernatural both went up
Wow for the CW ouch for FlashForward… seems like the show won’t last long after all.
Tables coming soon?