Modern Family, The Middle, Harry's Law, Law & Order: SVU and America's Top Model were each adjusted up a tenth with adults 18-49 vs. Wednesday's preliminary ratings. In the final numbers, game one of the World Series averaged a 4.2 adults 18-49 rating, down 11% from last year, but comfortably ahead of 2006's record-low viewing (12.8 milllion) with 14.2 million total viewers.
Final broadcast network ratings for Wednesday, October 19, 2011:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | FOX | World Series: Rangers at Cardinals 8-11:13p | 4.2/12 | 14.17 |
| CBS | Survivor: South Pacific | 3.3/9 | 11.24 | |
| ABC | The Middle | 3.0/9 | 9.13 | |
| NBC | Up All Night | 2.1/6 | 5.63 | |
| CW | Ringer (R) | 0.4/1 | 1.14 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Suburgatory | 3.1/8 | 8.82 |
| NBC | Whitney (R) | 1.2/3 | 4.06 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Modern Family | 5.7/14 | 13.04 |
| CBS | Criminal Minds | 3.9/10 | 13.15 | |
| NBC | Harry's Law | 1.3/3 | 8.39 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model | 0.9/2 | 1.94 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Happy Endings | 3.0/7 | 6.81 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI | 2.6/7 | 10.79 |
| ABC | Revenge | 2.5/7 | 7.99 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 2.2/6 | 7.66 |
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