The Ratings Report for Tuesday October 24th

We're starting our posting day with the latest ratings which are coming down now from the Nielsen Reseach Group. The top rated show of the evening was of course, Dancing With The Stars, which was even able to best Game Three of the World Series. Let's start it off with looking at the overall network ratings. ABC found themselves in first with a 10.4/16 with an average of 14.9-15 million viewers throughout the night. In second place came Fox with a 9.2/14 for an average of 13 million viewers. Then, we had CBS in third place with a 6.6/10 for nine million viewers and NBC in a close fourth with a 5.8/9. Finally, the CW pulled up the rear with a 2.7/4 for about 3.8 million viewers throughout the night.

In the coveted 18-49 demo, there was a tie for first as ABC and Fox drew a 4.2 rating. NBC would come in third with a 3.3. Next was CBS with a 2.9 and CW came in last with a 1.7.

Now, let's break it down hour by hour and show by show. Starting off with the 8PM hour, Dancing with the Stars for ABC pulled down a 13.0/20 for about 19.5 million viewers. Dancing With The Stars continues to be one of the highest rated shows on television right now. Game 3 of the World Series started off with a 7.7/12 for eleven million viewers. CBS aired a repeat of NCIS to come in third with a 7.5/12 for about 10.7 million viewers. Then came a new episode of Friday Night Lights with a 4.0/6 for NBC for roughly five million viewers. I'll be talking more about this later on tonight, but Friday Night Lights dropped two tenths of a point after gaining viewers last week. Finally, Gilmore Girls for the CW came in last with a 3.2/5 for about 4.3 million viewers, which was an improvement over last week's 3.1/5.

Moving on to the 9PM hour, ABC stayed in first place with Dancing With The Stars getting a 14.7/22 for the start of the hour for roughly 20 million viewers and then Help Me Help You got a 7.5/11 for ten million viewers. That averaged out to be an 11.1/17 to come out at 16 million viewers. The World Series continued to grow in the ratings as it got a 10.1/15 for fourteen million viewers. Up next, we have two repeats with The Unit on CBS getting a 6.2/10 for nine million viewers while NBC's Law and Order: Criminal Intent got a 6.2/9 for a tie in third place. Bringing up the rear is Veronica Mars for the CW with a season high 2.2/3 for about 3.4 million viewers. That's up from last week's 2.1/3 and up from the season premiere of the same numbers.

To end the night, the World Series moved to the forefront of the race for FOX to claim first with a 9.7/16 four about fifteen million viewers. Another re-run for NBC, Law and Order: SVU got a 7.2/12 for eleven million viewers for second place. In third place was ABC's Boston Legal pulling down a 7.1/12 for about 10.9 million viewers while CBS had a Criminal Minds rerun getting a 6.0/10 for nine million viewers.

More soon.

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