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Saturday Ratings: Fox On-Par with Year-Ago Evening for MLB World Series

Saturday 10/29/22

Total Viewers:
Fox: 8.28 million, ABC: 4.79, NBC: 1.77, CBS: 776,000, CW: 365,000

Adults 18-49:
Fox: 1.7 rating15 share, ABC: 1.1/10, NBC: 0.2/ 2, CBS: 0.2/ 1; CW: 0.0/ 0

Note: the following fast affiliate results for any of the live events mentioned in this article are all approximate

Fox easily won its second consecutive Saturday due to baseball; on this night, it was Game 2 of the 2022 MLB World Series (Houston Astros 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2). Its half-hours were:

8:00 — Viewers: 8.01 million, A18-49: 1.5/14
8:30 — Viewers: 7.84 million, A18-49: 1.6/14
9:00 — Viewers: 8.13 million, A18-49: 1.7/15
9:30 — Viewers: 8.64 million, A18-49: 1.8/16
10:00 — Viewers: 8.54 million, A18-49: 1.7/16
10:30 — Viewers: 8.54 million, A18-49: 1.8/17

Upon comparing the respective fast affiliates for the Fox network from 8-11 p.m. last year, it was down 5 percent in viewers and down 6 percent in demo from Game 2 (Braves-Astros, which was played on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021); relatively flat in viewers and up 6 percent in adults 18-49 from Game 4 (Astros-Braves, from Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021);

With the Series even 1-1, there will definitely be a fifth game on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

ABC was a decent runner-up with the college football battle of the state of Michigan on “Saturday Night Football”. (Michigan routed Michigan State 29-7). Its half-hours were:

8:00 — Viewers: 4.90 million, A18-49: 1.1/10
8:30 — Viewers: 5.28 million, A18-49: 1.2/10
9:00 — Viewers: 5.03 million, A18-49: 1.1/10
9:30 — Viewers: 4.92 million, A18-49: 1.1/10
10:00 — Viewers: 4.61 million, A18-49: 1.1/10
10:30 — Viewers: 4.01 million, A18-49: 0.9/ 9

NBC, although in repeats, placed third for the night in each key figure.

CBS also featured sports. For the first time, the NWSL Soccer Championship (Viewers: #4, 793,000; A18-49: #3t, 0.2/ 2 from 8-10:30 p.m.) was televised to a nationwide audience on a broadcast network. (Congratulations to Portland Thorns FC, winning 2-0 over the Kansas City Current at Audi Field in Washington, DC).

The CW aired an original edition of “Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars” (Viewers: #5, 326,000; A18-49: #5, 0.0/ 0 from 8-9 p.m.), followed by a new episode of “World.’s Funniest Animals” at 9 p.m. (Viewers: #5, 398,000; A18-49: #5, 0.0/ 0) and a rerun at 9:30 p.m. (Viewers: #5, 406,000; A18-49: #5, 0.0/ 0).

Although their fast affiliate figures were not yet available at post time, it is projected that ESPN (with the SEC football game of Kentucky at Tennessee) and Hallmark Channel (already celebrating the holiday season with the telefilm “Jolly Good Christmas ”) to all be at least in the competitive mix and among the leading networks in prime time.

UPDATED 11/07/2022: What follows are the Live + Seven Day rating results for the night’s network telecasts on Saturday, October 29, 2022:

Saturday Night Football (ABC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 5.583 million viewers, 1.30 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 5.629 million viewers, 1.31 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 5.633 million viewers, 1.31 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.050 million viewers (+1%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+1%)

NWSL Championship (S) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.916 million viewers, 0.23 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.936 million viewers, 0.24 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.936 million viewers, 0.24 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.020 million viewers (+2%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+4%)

NWSL Championship Post Game (S) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.420 million viewers, 0.09 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.427 million viewers, 0.10 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.427 million viewers, 0.10 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.007 million viewers (+2%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+3%)

Young Sheldon (RS) (CBS)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.673 million viewers, 0.06 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.734 million viewers, 0.07 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.752 million viewers, 0.07 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.079 million viewers (+12%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+4%)

Password (RP) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.485 million viewers, 0.12 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.557 million viewers, 0.12 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.579 million viewers, 0.12 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.094 million viewers (+6%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+2%)

Dateline Mystery (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.724 million viewers, 0.18 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.965 million viewers, 0.20 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 2.019 million viewers, 0.20 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.295 million viewers (+17%), +0.03 adults 18-49 rating (+14%)

Saturday Night Live (R) (NBC)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 1.479 million viewers, 0.21 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 1.620 million viewers, 0.22 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 1.633 million viewers, 0.22 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.154 million viewers (+10%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+5%)

Fox MLB World Series Game 2 Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros (S) (Fox)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 10.790 million viewers, 2.42 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 10.870 million viewers, 2.42 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 10.872 million viewers, 2.42 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.082 million viewers (+1%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+0%)

Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars (CW)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.317 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.351 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.356 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.039 million viewers (+12%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+10%)

World’s Funniest Animals (CW, 9:00)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.378 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.432 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.446 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.068 million viewers (+18%), +0.01 adults 18-49 rating (+15%)

World’s Funniest Animals (R) (CW, 9:30)
• Updated Live+Same Day: 0.419 million viewers, 0.03 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+3: 0.443 million viewers, 0.03 adults 18-49 rating
• Live+7: 0.443 million viewers, 0.04 adults 18-49 rating
• Gains: +0.024 million viewers (+6%), +0.00 adults 18-49 rating (+1%)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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