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SBD/Issue 36/The Back of the Book
World Series Ratings Trend Since ’02
Published November 1, 2005
This year’s White Sox-Astros World Series posted the lowest ratings ever for a
World Series, earning a 11.1/19 final Nielsen average. The following presents
game-by-game ratings, viewers and HHs, as well as averages for each series, since
’02 (THE DAILY).
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WORLD
SERIES RATINGS TREND
|
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|
2005
|
MATCHUP
|
DAY
|
DATE
|
FINAL
|
VIEWERS
|
HHS
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gm
1
|
Astros-White
Sox
|
Saturday
|
Oct.
22
|
9.5/17
|
15,015,000
|
10,451,000
|
|
Gm
2
|
Astros-White
Sox
|
Sunday
|
Oct.
23
|
11.1/17
|
17,190,000
|
12,190,000
|
|
Gm
3
|
White
Sox-Astros
|
Tuesday
|
Oct.
25
|
11.0/21
|
16,652,000
|
12,134,000
|
|
Gm
4
|
White
Sox-Astros
|
Wednesday
|
Oct.
26
|
13.0/21
|
19,979,000
|
14,281,000
|
|
|
|
AVERAGE
|
11.1/19
|
17,209,000
|
12,264,000
|
|
|
2004
|
MATCHUP
|
DAY
|
DATE
|
FINAL
|
VIEWERS
|
HHS
|
|
Gm
1
|
Cardinals-Red
Sox
|
Saturday
|
Oct.
23
|
13.7/25
|
23,168,000
|
15,029,000
|
|
Gm
2
|
Cardinals-Red
Sox
|
Sunday
|
Oct.
24
|
15.9/24
|
25,463,000
|
17,390,000
|
|
Gm
3
|
Red
Sox-Cardinals
|
Tuesday
|
Oct.
26
|
15.7/24
|
24,422,000
|
17,156,000
|
|
Gm
4
|
Red
Sox-Cardinals
|
Wednesday
|
Oct.
27
|
18.2/28
|
28,844,000
|
19,930,000
|
|
|
|
AVERAGE
|
15.8/26
|
25,390,000
|
17,270,000
|
|
|
2003
|
MATCHUP
|
DAY
|
DATE
|
FINAL
|
VIEWERS
|
HHS
|
|
Gm
1
|
Marlins-Yankees
|
Saturday
|
Oct.
18
|
10.9/20
|
17,687,000
|
11,828,000
|
|
Gm
2
|
Marlins-Yankees
|
Sunday
|
Oct.
19
|
12.6/20
|
20,552,000
|
13,662,000
|
|
Gm
3
|
Yankees-Marlins
|
Tuesday
|
Oct.
21
|
12.5/21
|
18,894,000
|
16,567,000
|
|
Gm
4
|
Yankees-Marlins
|
Wednesday
|
Oct.
22
|
13.6/23
|
20,885,000
|
14,712,000
|
|
Gm
5
|
Yankees-Marlins
|
Thursday
|
Oct.
23
|
13.2/21
|
19,908,000
|
14,319,000
|
|
Gm
6
|
Marlins-Yankees
|
Saturday
|
Oct.
25
|
13.9/25
|
23,240,000
|
15,066,000
|
|
|
|
AVERAGE
|
12.8/22
|
20,142,000
|
13,834,000
|
|
|
2002
|
MATCHUP
|
DAY
|
DATE
|
FINAL
|
VIEWERS
|
HHS
|
|
Gm
1
|
Giants-Angels
|
Saturday
|
Oct.
19
|
9.4/18
|
15,457,000
|
10,081,000
|
|
Gm
2
|
Giants-Angels
|
Sunday
|
Oct.
20
|
11.9/20
|
19,368,000
|
12,734,000
|
|
Gm
3
|
Angels-Giants
|
Tuesday
|
Oct.
22
|
10.8/18
|
17,043,000
|
11,544,000
|
|
Gm
4
|
Angels-Giants
|
Wednesday
|
Oct.
23
|
11.8/19
|
18,085,000
|
12,547,000
|
|
Gm
5
|
Angels-Giants
|
Thursday
|
Oct.
24
|
10.0/17
|
15,840,000
|
10,662,000
|
|
Gm
6
|
Giants-Angels
|
Saturday
|
Oct.
26
|
11.8/21
|
19,221,000
|
12,551,000
|
|
Gm
7
|
Giants-Angels
|
Sunday
|
Oct.
27
|
17.9/28
|
30,814,000
|
19,071,000
|
|
|
|
AVERAGE
|
11.9/20
|
19,261,000
|
12,645,000
|
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