World Series Ratings: Giants, Tigers Draw Record Low TV Audience In Game 1

[Auggie]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Giants' 8-3 win over the Detroit Tigers set a record low television rating for a World Series opener.

Fox said Wednesday night's game received a 7.6 rating and 12 share, and that it was seen by 12.2 million viewers, according to fast national ratings by Nielsen Media Research.

The rating dropped 13 percent from the 8.7/14 for St. Louis' 3-2 victory over Texas in Game 1 last year, which averaged 14.2 million viewers. That broke the low set the previous year when the Giants' 11-7 win over the Rangers received an 8.9.

SNIP

Still, Fox was the highest-rated network in prime time and had its highest-rated prime-time program since May's season finale of "American Idol."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/world-series-ratings-giants-tigers-game-1_n_2019177.html

Not all doom and gloom for Fox

[madinmaryland]

1. I really haven't seen any of the WS so far. Maybe a bit this weekend.

I had Lawrence O'Donnell and Rachel Maddow on the last few nights.

[Auggie]

3. Game 2 was a good example of small-ball play and fundamental defense ...

which, admittedly, is not to everyone's liking (though a game like this can be just as nerve-racking as a slug-fest -- for me, anyway).

[JonLP24]

2. I saw game 1 but missed game 2

I think my DTV box is broken. At first, it took about 5 minutes to pick a signal, then 15 minutes the next time, half hour the next, last night I gave up waiting.

Anyways this should be good news for Fox. Don't they usually get hammered by ABC on Wednesday nights? I know Modern Family dominates its time-slot. Not sure about the other shows. CBS has CSI and Survivor which I think gives them good ratings.

The only time I do watch Fox outside of NFL is for Hell's Kitchen and Simpsons on Sunday(which I always miss during football season due to switching over to NBC)

[joeybee12]

4. I may watch the deciding game...whenever I think that will happen...

But sorry, I have no horse in this race, although sort of please SF is winning just because it proves what idiots all those sports "experts" are.

[charlie and algernon]

5. Watched Game 1 at a bar while playing my usual pub trivia

So I don't know how bar/restaurant viewings factor into the ratings.

I was actually home during Game 2, but watched my Cabin in the Woods DVD instead and just caught the last 3 innings.

[JonLP24]

6. They don't factor in

unless they recently came up with some technology to do so. Only households last I knew.

Being at home wouldn't of mattered as far as the ratings count unless you have a box (that records what you watch) or tasked to do a diary on what you watched. They use a method called statistical sampling to come up with an estimate for the entire population.