Friday, October 30, 2009

Yankees World Series game draws 20m to Fox

Last night's World Series Game 1 performed well for Fox, overnight viewing figures show.

The three-hour coverage of the Yankees game against the Phillies averaged 19.5m for Fox between 8pm and 11pm and ranked as the most-watched and highest-rated Game 1 in five years.

CBS scheduled reruns throughout the evening: The New Adventures Of Old Christine and Gary Unmarried logged 6.61m and 6.44m during the 8pm hour, then 9.72m watched Criminal Minds at 9pm. CSI: New York followed at 10pm, bringing in 9.22m.

Over on NBC, a Monsters vs. Aliens special had 6.93m at 8pm, then an encore at 8.30pm attracted 5.59m. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Jay Leno Show grabbed 8m and 4.98m at 9pm and 10pm respectively.

The 8pm screening of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown managed 6.32m for ABC, then 6.63m tuned in for The Middle at 8.30pm. Modern Family and Cougar Town made up the 9pm hour, pulling in 9.23m and 7.51m respectively. The 10pm Eastwick was seen by 5.06m.

America's Next Top Model interested 3.5m for The CW at 8pm, then a Vampire Diaries repeat put in 1.44m during the 9pm hour.

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