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As usual, Sunday Night Football came out on top with adults 18-49, but Drew Brees + Ben Rothlisberger don't equal Brett Favre and both Dancing with the Stars and NCIS came out ahead of football in total viewers. Modern Family was again the top scripted show with adults 18-49, beating out Glee. The best the World Series could muster with adults 18-49 was 6th place for the week (and that was for a pregame show, the best game was 7th). The World Series fared no better in the total viewer rankings where it could also do no better than 6th place.
Grey's Anatomy was out of the top 10 with adults 18-49, and not among the the top 25 most-watched shows in terms of total viewers.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 viewing for the week ending October 31, 2010:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Viewers |
| 1 | NBC Sunday Night Football | NBC | 7.3 | 9,579 | |
| 2 | Modern Family | ABC | 5.1 | 6,763 | |
| 3 | OT, THE | FOX | 5.1 | 6,759 | |
| 4 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 5.1 | 6,643 | |
| 5 | GLEE | FOX | 4.9 | 6,504 | |
| 6 | FOX World Series GM4-PRE(S) | S | FOX | 4.7 | 6,162 |
| 7 | FOX World Series GAME 1(S) | S | FOX | 4.7 | 6,144 |
| 8 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 4.4 | 5,814 | |
| 9 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 4.3 | 5,640 | |
| 10 | FOX World Series GAME 4(S) | S | FOX | 4.3 | 5,626 |
| 11 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 4.2 | 5,499 | |
| 12 | NCIS | CBS | 4.1 | 5,401 | |
| 13 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 2(S) | S | FOX | 4.0 | 5,254 |
| 14 | OFFICE | NBC | 4.0 | 5,242 | |
| 15 | Grey'S ANATOMY | ABC | 3.9 | 5,100 | |
| 16 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 3.7 | 4,844 | |
| 17 | MIKE & Molly | CBS | 3.7 | 4,816 | |
| 18 | SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA | CBS | 3.5 | 4,595 | |
| 19 | DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | ABC | 3.5 | 4,588 | |
| 20 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 3.4 | 4,536 | |
| 21 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 3.4 | 4,464 | |
| 22 | CSI | CBS | 3.3 | 4,401 | |
| 23 | COUGAR TOWN | ABC | 3.3 | 4,306 | |
| 24 | How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 3.2 | 4,259 | |
| 25 | Mentalist, THE | CBS | 3.2 | 4,243 |
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Primetime Broadcast Network Total viewing (all ages) for the week ending October 31, 2010:
| Rank2 | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | # Viewers (LIVE+SD) (000) | HH RATING (LIVE+SD) | HH SHARE (LIVE+SD) |
| 1 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 20,412 | 13.0 | 20 | |
| 2 | NCIS | CBS | 20,180 | 12.1 | 19 | |
| 3 | NBC Sunday Night Football | NBC | 18,106 | 10.7 | 17 | |
| 4 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 15,986 | 9.7 | 15 | |
| 5 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 15,931 | 10.1 | 16 | |
| 6 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 4(S) | S | FOX | 15,537 | 9.0 | 15 |
| 7 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 1(S) | S | FOX | 15,009 | 8.9 | 15 |
| 8 | Mentalist, THE | CBS | 14,763 | 9.1 | 15 | |
| 9 | FOX WORLD SERIES GM4-PRE(S) | S | FOX | 14,677 | 8.9 | 16 |
| 10 | OT, THE | FOX | 14,308 | 8.8 | 16 | |
| 11 | CSI | CBS | 14,268 | 8.5 | 14 | |
| 12 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 2(S) | S | FOX | 14,130 | 8.5 | 14 |
| 13 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 13,935 | 8.4 | 13 | |
| 14 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 13,772 | 8.3 | 12 | |
| 15 | MODERN FAMILY | ABC | 13,143 | 7.8 | 12 | |
| 16 | Big Bang Theory, THE | CBS | 13,036 | 7.8 | 13 | |
| 17 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 12,688 | 7.6 | 13 | |
| 18 | Good Wife, THE | CBS | 12,588 | 8.2 | 14 | |
| 19 | SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA | CBS | 11,819 | 6.6 | 11 | |
| 20 | GLEE | FOX | 11,764 | 6.8 | 11 | |
| 21 | BLUE BLOODS | CBS | 11,616 | 7.3 | 13 | |
| 22 | FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 3(S) | S | FOX | 11,460 | 6.7 | 13 |
| 23 | CASTLE | ABC | 11,322 | 7.4 | 12 | |
| 24 | Desperate Housewives | ABC | 11,096 | 7.3 | 11 | |
| 25 | $#*! My Dad Says | CBS | 10,812 | 6.6 | 11 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2010 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
