Game 7 of the World Series delivered huge numbers for FOX Wednesday night. The originals that aired opposite the Houston Astros’ series-clinching win, not surprisingly, were mostly down but shockingly held up well against competition from the game.
The game delivered an 18.8 household rating in metered markets, the second-highest mark for any baseball game in the past 13 years (behind only last year’s Game 7). It ended just before midnight ET, so upward adjustments are likely in the final ratings.
Despite these huge ratings, Riverdale (0.6 demo rating, 1.58 million viewers) and Dynasty (0.2, 760,00 viewers) held steady with last week on The CW. Even their biggest show, The Flash, saw a dip against Game 6 of the game so this hold is good news for the network.
Modern Family (1.5, 5.51 million viewers) lead among adults 18-49 on the other networks, although it was down 0.2 vs. last week. The Goldbergs (1.2, 4.93 million viewers) and Speechless (0.9, 3.87 million viewers) also fell two tenths of a point for ABC, and American Housewife was off a tenth to a 1.2 demo rating and 4.52 million viewers. Designated Survivor ended the night steady with last week with a 0.7 demo rating and 3.95 million viewers.
The Blacklist was the only original programming on NBC and it scored a 0.8 demo rating and 5.13 million viewers, even with last week. The rest of their lineup consisted of reruns with CBS also airing repeats against the game.
Will things get back to normal now that the games are over? Check back next Thursday for the Wednesday ratings recap!
