World Series puts Fox in front Saturday night
Neftali Feliz of the Texas Rangers reacts after the final out Saturday night in Game 3 of the World Series. Photo credit: Eric Gay/AP Photo
Fox did win the Saturday ratings race with the World Series. But the early ratings suggest the audience for Game 3 wasn’t special.
The Texas Rangers beat the San Francisco Giants, who have a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven contest. Game 4 is tonight on Fox.
ABC placed second with college football. But these early ratings for live sport events often reflect just a portion of the full viewership.
The early numbers show Fox averaging 9.2 million viewers to ABC’s 6.5 million in prime time. CBS averaged 5.7 million to NBC’s 3.1 million. Fox just edged ABC in the 18-to-49 age group.
CBS offered two hours of “48 Hours Mystery.” The first hour delivered 5.4 million viewers; the second climbed to 6.8 million.