Ratings: Game 1 of World Series Draws Nearly 13 Million Fans

Jason Motte in the St. Louis Cardinals Game among the World Series involving the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers attracted in nearly 13 million fans, preliminary Nielsen data shows. Furthermore, it acquired a 3.8 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds. See the relaxation in the day's news Still, the overnight ratings for your Series - which have evaporated over time - were 8 percent below last year's overnights for Game 1. Fox hope the fall Classic goes past four to five games, because interest substantially evolves for sixth and seventh games Last year's five-game Series averaged 14.2 million audiences - the second-least expensive after 13.6 000 0000 in 2008. This Past Year, the NY Yankees-Philadelphia Phillies series came 19.4 million audiences. Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows At 8/7, CBS' Survivor: South Off-shoreline counted 11.millions of audiences, while ABC's The Middle clicked up 9.03 million and NBC's Up With The Evening 5.64 million. Over the following half-hour, Suburgatorylured 8.79 million people while a Whitney rerun - still filling the slot left with the canceled Free Agents - attracted in 4.ten million. Another repeat in the CW's Ringer got 1.22 million. Wednesday night's most-seen show, Criminal Minds, entertained 13.11 million people in prime time's middle hour versus. ABC's Modern Family (12.85 million) NBC's Harry's Law (8.18 million) and America's Next Top Model round the CW (1.89 million). After Family, Happy Being had 6.89 million people tuning in at 9:30/8:30c. Inside the final prime-time hour, CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Analysis attracted 10.64 million ABC's Revenge 7.94 million (the same as the other day) and NBC's Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit 7.58 million.