Monthly Archives: October 2013

FOX #1 With World Series Finale On Wednesday. ITV #1 In UK.

Eighteen million viewers watched the World Series Game #6 final as the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 for their first World Championship won in Fenway Park since 1918. It brought FOX another victory. Its average 5.4 … Continue reading

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Tuesday Means CBS#1. BBC One’s ‘Ripper Street’ #1 In UK.

While claims are made about a segment of the audience and various networks pronounce victory for this and any other evening, television after all is a mass medium. And when it comes to rating which network was on top, it … Continue reading

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Unprecedented Monday Victory For FOX With Baseball

St. Louis was the sports capital of the world on Monday as both baseball and football squared off. Game #5 of the World Series at 8P won the evening with an overwhelming 14.45 million viewers and a 9.2 rating and … Continue reading

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Baseball Drives FOX To #1 On Sunday. ITV #1 In UK.

Over 30 million viewers enjoyed television on Sunday and the power of baseball, at least the World Series, shined. Going head-to-head with Sunday Night Football where the Green Bay Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings in a black & blue division … Continue reading

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Baseball Leads FOX To #1 On Saturday. BBC One #1 In UK.

The exciting game #3 of this years World Series brought FOX to #1 with an overwhelming 11.59 million viewers, 150% more than the entire broadcast competition on Saturday evening. With a wild bottom of the 9th inning, fans in St. … Continue reading

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Blue Blood Brings CBS To #1 On Friday in U.S. BBC#1 in UK.

With all of the buzz NBC was pushing regarding their premiere of ‘Dracula’ at 10P, someone forgot to remember that the number one program on Friday, ‘Blue Bloods’, is #1 for a reason: it delivers big audiences on a not … Continue reading

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Cardinals Win Pushes FOX #1 On Thursday. Ch 4 #1 In UK.

Just like the ALCS in Game #2, the visiting team at Fenway pulled out a win after trailing. The St. Louis Cardinals behind the pitching of Michael Wacha and a fascinating bullpen, brought not only the Cardinals to victory but … Continue reading

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Baseball’s World Series Makes FOX #1 On Wednesday

“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America is ruled by it like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, … Continue reading

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If It’s Tuesday…You Get The Idea. CBS #1.

CBS again ruled Tuesday with its powerful ‘NCIS’, ‘NCIS-Los Angeles’ and ‘Person Of Interest’ dominating all three hours of prime time. NBC even threw in their #1 program during the week (‘The Voice’) to try to break up the trio … Continue reading

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NBC Eakes Out #1 On Monday

The battle at 8P on Monday may have told the full story of the narrow victory NBC earned on Monday evening. Yet the battle at 10P between these two networks may have been the case study on this battle between … Continue reading

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