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Fox scores with top ratings for World Series

Last update: November 4, 2009 - 4:20 PM

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The World Series gave the Fox network world-class ratings the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1 as the New York Yankees squared off against the Philadelphia Phillies in four much-watched games. Game 4 was the most-watched program in prime time, followed by Game 1, Game 2 and Fox's pre-game show for Game 4, according to Nielsen Co.

ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" ranked fifth for the week, and CBS' scripted dramas "NCIS," "The Mentalist" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" helped round out the Top 10. Fox's Game 3 of the World Series ranked ninth.

The first four games, averaging 19 million viewers, far outpaced Fox's 13 million average viewership in 2008 for the first four games of the World Series pitting the Phillies against the Tampa Bay Rays.

For the week, network averages were: Fox, 14.69 million viewers (8.8 rating, 14 share); CBS, 9.84 million (6.2, 10); ABC, 9.45 million (6.0, 10 ); NBC, 5.59 million (3.5, 6); CW, 2.24 million (1.4, 2); ION ,870,000 (0.6, 1).

In the evening news race: NBC "Nightly News," 8.50 million (5.6, 11); ABC "World News," 7.95 million (5.3, 10); "CBS Evening News," 5.88 million (4.0, 8).

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1 World Series Game 4 (Fox)

2 World Series Game 1 (Fox)

3 World Series Game 2 (Fox)

4 World Series Pre-Game, Game 4 (Fox)

5 Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

6 NCIS (CBS)

7 The OT (Fox)

8 The Mentalist (CBS)

9 World Series Game 3 (Fox)

10 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)

11 Dancing With the Stars Results (ABC)

12 Desperate Housewives (ABC)

13 Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

14 60 Minutes (CBS)

15 Survivor: Samoa (CBS)

16 CSI: Miami (CBS)

17 Two and a Half Men (CBS)

18 Amazing Race (CBS)

19 NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)

20 The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

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