Game 7 of the World Series Wednesday night averaged a 5.6 adult 18-49 fast national rating, which we are estimating will go up to around a 6.6 6.64 adult 18-49 rating in the official nationals (after time zone adjustment for this live telecast).  Another record low, but not enormously off the pace of the previous low […]

Game 6 of the World Series Tuesday night averaged a 3.0 adult 18-49 fast national rating, which we are estimating will go up to around a 3.5 adult 18-49 rating in the official nationals (after time zone adjustment for this live telecast).  Previous record low for Game 6 (a 5.7 in 2013 for Boston-St. Louis, a […]

Game 4 of the World Series Saturday night averaged a 2.6 adult 18-49 rating, well below the previous record low for Game 4 (a 4.2 in 2011 for Texas-St. Louis).  Game 5 on Sunday (with many more available viewers) went up to a 3.3 adult 18-49 rating, well below the previous low of 4.1 for Game […]

Game 3 of the World Series Friday night on FOX averaged a 3.1 adult 18-49 (3.08 more precisely) in the official national ratings, below the recent 2007-2013 average of a 3.5 adult 18-49 rating for Game 3 but above the previous lows for Game 3 in 2012 (2.8) and 2010 (2.9), also featuring the San Francisco Giants […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 25 and Sunday October 26, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 8 Sunday 6.6 rating FOX 9:30 am National (DET-ATL from London) 12.3 rating FOX […]

Game 2 of the World Series Wednesday night on FOX averaged a 3.4 adult 18-49, matching Game 1’s young adult rating.  Actually, if we look at the rating to two decimal places rather than the archaic one-tenth of a rating point, Game 2 (3.40) is slightly ahead of Game 1 (3.38).  But any reasonable person […]

Clunk.  Game 1 of the World Series averaged a 3.4 adult 18-49 rating Tuesday, setting a new record low for the opening game of the Fall Classic.  The previous record low was a 3.6 in 2012 for San Francisco-Detroit and 2006 for St. Louis-Detroit.  For the record, the high in the Nielsen PeopleMeter era is a 12.4 adult […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 18 and Sunday October 19, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 7 Sunday 10.6 rating CBS 1 or 4 pm Single (mostly CIN-IND, KC-SD, MIA-CHI) […]