TV ratings: World Series, NFL rule Sunday for FOX

By Rick Porter

November 2, 2009 8:58 AM

Fast National ratings for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009

The NFL bled into primetime Sunday and helped push Game 4 of World Series to its biggest audience so far this year.

The full night of live sports gave FOX an audience of 21.1 million viewers and a 12.5 rating/20 share in households. That was more than double the viewers for second-place ABC (10.4 million, 6.5/10). CBS (9.9 million, 6.3/10) came in third. With "Sunday Night Football" taking the night off, NBC was way off its typical Sunday, mustering only 4.1 million viewers and a 2.5/4.

FOX also rolled to a win among adults 18-49 with a 7.4 rating. ABC finished second in the advertisers' favorite demo with a 3.4, followed by CBS at 2.2. NBC came in at 1.4.

Sunday's hourly results:

7 p.m.

FOX: NFL overrun/World Series pregame (24.4 million viewers, 13.9/22 households)
CBS: "60 Minutes" (12.3 million, 8.0/13)
ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" (7.8 million, 4.7/7)
NBC: "Football Night in America" (2.6 million, 1.6/3)

18-49 leader: NFL/World Series pregame (8.8)

8 p.m.

FOX: World Series Game 4 - Yankees at Phillies (22.2 million, 13.1/20)
CBS: "The Amazing Race" (11.1 million, 6.5/10)
ABC: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (10.8 million, 6.5/10)
NBC: Movie - "National Treasure" (4.1 million, 2.4/4)

18-49 leader: World Series Game 4 (7.4)

9 p.m.

FOX: World Series Game 4 (19.75 million, 11.8/19)
ABC: "Desperate Housewives" (13.8 million, 8.7/13)
CBS: "Three Rivers" (7.7 million, 5.0/8)
NBC: "National Treasure" (5.1 million, 3.4/5)

18-49 leader: World Series Game 4 (6.8)

10 p.m.

FOX: World Series Game 4 (18.1 million, 11.1/19)
ABC: "Brothers & Sisters" (9.4 million, 6.2/10)
CBS: "Cold Case" (8.6 million, 5.6/9)
NBC: "National Treasure" (4.6 million, 2.8/5)

18-49 leader: World Series Game 4 (6.6)

Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change, especially in the case of live telecasts.

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Not much insight to be gained today, except that when it's L.A. vs. N.Y., the World Series still gets decent (but not overly impressive) ratings.

Three Rivers on CBS looks again like the weak point on what has become a weak night for them.

Rena Moretti | November 2, 2009 9:12 AM

Um, it's N.Y. vs. Philadelphia in the World Series. Two East Coast teams. If it were the Yankees vs. L.A. or anyone on the West Coast, the ratings would be higher.

Mookey | November 2, 2009 9:18 AM

@Mookey. Thanks for the correction. :) For some reason, I was time traveling back to when the Angels were still in. :)

About Friday:

I understand Rick doesn't work Saturdays and his usual replacement doesn't really do more than repeat the PR hype she is fed, but can't they have someone just give the raw numbers? How long can that take?

Like so:

CBS:
Ghost Whisperer (8.28 million),

Medium (7.69 million)

Numb3rs (7.74 million)

NBC:

Law & Order (7.00 million)

Dateline (7.95 million)

The Jay Leno Show (5.14 million)

ABC

Supernanny (4.84 million)

Ugly Betty (4.54 million)

20/20 (6.94 million)

Fox

House (Repeat) (3.76 million)

Smallville (2.60 million)

America’s Next Top Model (Repeat) (1.27 million)

The night is up for grabs, but the also-rans have decided that it's not worth trying and are sabotaging the night the way they sabotaged Saturdays (incidentally Disney Channel does incredibly well that night - why would ABC not want those viewers is beyond me).

Bringing back Ugly Betty was a big mistake for ABC and is a waste of the little money that have left.

Rena Moretti | November 2, 2009 9:28 AM

And for what it's worth, this is my last real post for now. :)

The Phillies... I knew that... I rally did! ;)

Rena Moretti | November 2, 2009 9:31 AM

Welcome all to MEOW domane! Any questions? Ask the Wizard of MEOW.

MEOW | November 2, 2009 9:34 AM

People get tired of novelty shows like Ugly Betty,Ally McBeal,and Pushing Daisies to name a few.

Barry | November 2, 2009 9:40 AM

LOVE THREE RIVERS MY FAVORITE NEW SHOW

linda | November 2, 2009 9:42 AM

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