Primetime Ratings: World Series Down, But Big Enough For Easy Fox Win

Fox won the Thursday prime ratings derby, as game two of the World Series sparked Fox to a 2.8 in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and an 11 share. That topped the 1.3/5 that NBC rated.

The game, which saw the Red Sox defeat the Dodgers, occupied all of Fox’s prime. Game one the night before did a 3.5. Last year’s game two, an extra inning win for the Sox over the Dodgers, rated a 3.9.

On NBC, Chicago Med and Chicago Fire did a 1.3, the first up a tenth of a point and the second flat, and Chicago P.D. a level 1.2.

ABC did a 1.1/5. CBS was at 1.0/4.

Telemundo rated a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.4/2.

The CW scored a 0.4/1.

On ABC, The Goldbergs grew 18% to 1.3 and American Housewife ticked up 10% for a 1.1. Modern Family went up 15% to a 1.5 and Single Parents climbed 10% to 1.1, before A Million Little Things posted a flat 0.8.

On CBS, Survivor scored a 1.4, SEAL Team a 0.8 and Criminal Minds a 0.7. All three shows were flat.

The CW saw Riverdale do a 0.5 and All American a 0.3. Both shows grew a tenth of a point. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.