World Series Game 1 dominates demos, holds steady year-over-year – deadline

World series Game 1 is in the books with the Philadelphia Phillies’ 6-5 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night. Game 2 is tonight, starting at 5:00 PM PT.

FoxThe broadcast drew 9.7 million viewers and a 2.2 demo rating. That’s on par with last year’s Braves/Astros Game 1, which took place on Tuesday night.

Those who didn’t watch baseball turned to old favorites. U CBSthe crime drama line scored a 0.4 across the board Special forces, country of fire and Blue bloodthe first two have declined in the general audience but are clearly holding on with the core audience.

U the alphabetMatthew Perry’s confessional interview with Diane Sawyer received a 0.4 as the first Friends The star was freed from the struggle with drugs and alcohol. This was followed by Newsmag 20/20which received a 0.3 for its handling of the murder of an Arkansas state senator.

NBC there were successive new series Capital One College Bowl quiz, both scored a 0.2, leading to a 0.2 for Newsmag Date linewhich dealt with the assassination plot.

CWoffer Penn & Teller: Fool Us had 0.1 and resulted in consecutive episodes It doesn’t matter whose line it is? The first half hour was a new episode and had a 0.1 followed by a repeat.