Primetime Ratings: World Series Opener Up on Fox

Fox rode game one of the World Series to a big ratings win Tuesday, the network notching a 3.5 in viewers 18-49, alongside a 14 share. In second was NBC at 1.7/7.

The World Series features the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Boston Red Sox. The game took up all of prime. Game one was up 21% over last year’s Fall Classic opener, Dodgers against Houston Astros.

NBC had The Voice at 1.6 and This Is Us  at 2.1, both down a tenth of a point. New Amsterdam gained a tenth for a 1.3. 

ABC and CBS both scored a 1.0/4. On ABC, The Conners fell 26% to 1.7. The Kids Are Alright slipped 21% to 1.1 and Black-ish fell 18% to 0.9 before Splitting Up Together dropped 30% to 0.7. The Rookie slipped 20% to 0.8.

On CBS, NCIS did a 1.2 and FBI a 1.0, before the hundredth episode of NCIS: New Orleans rated a 0.8. All three shows were flat.

The CW did a 0.5/2. The Flash did a 0.7 and Black Lightning a 0.4, both dramas up a tenth of a point.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2. 

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.