While Game 2 was a Kansas City 7-1 blowout, Fox saw increased ratings from last year. Fox experienced an 8.2/14 rating/share with 13.7 million viewers. While that’s down from Tuesday’s numbers, it is up from 2014’s Game 2 which had a 7.9/14 and 12.9 million viewers.
The rating is up 4% from last year and viewership is up 6%.
Through two games, Fox is averaging a 8.7/16 rating/share and 14.5 million viewers which is up 14% and 16% from 2014 respectively.
And locally, Kansas City ruled the roost with an amazing 56.6 rating followed by New York which averaged 21.3.
The numbers are based on Nielsen Fast National figures. And Fox has to be pleased that the games are not just winning the primetime ratings, but in the key demographics that are important to advertisers.
Here’s the official Fox announcement:
WORLD SERIES AUDIENCE OFF TO BEST START SINCE 2010Game 2 Posts 6% Year-to-Year Audience Increase with 100% Jump in Male Teens
New York – While Game 1 was punctuated with late-night drama, Game 2 of the 2015 World Series goes down in baseball lore for the dominant performance of Kansas City Royals starter Johnny Cueto who made it a game to remember, tossing a two-hit complete game, befuddling a strong New York Mets offense and leading the Royals to a 7-1 victory and an enviable 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
According the fast national figures release this afternoon by Nielsen, the game posted an 8.2/14 household rating/share, with 13.7 million viewers, a +4% increase in rating and +6% in average audience compared to Game 2 a year ago (Giants-Royals, 7.9/14, 12.9 million), making it the most-watched World Series Game 2 since 2011 (Rangers-Cardinals, 14.3 million).
World Series Game 2 Highlights:
- The World Series powered FOX to its second consecutive first place household finish in prime time (preliminary): FOX – 8.2/14; CBS – 4.7/8; NBC – 4.1/7; and ABC – 3.8/6.
- FOX also won the night in prime time among Adults 18-49 (3.9) and Adults 18-34 (3.0).
- FOX averaged an 8.2/14 and 13.7 million viewers in prime time (8:04-11:00 PM ET), which projects to be the network’s best performance for a Wednesday night since March of 2015.
- Last night’s game on FOX posted healthy increases across key demos, with male teens doubling last year’s measurement: M12-17, +100% (2.2 vs. 1.1); M12-24, +12% (2.9 vs. 2.6); M18-49, +9% (4.9 vs. 4.5); M25-54, +14% (5.7 vs. 5.0) and A18-49, +15% (3.9 vs. 3.4).
- Ratings and audience peaked at a 9.5/15, 15.8 million viewers from 9:45-10:00 PM ET.
- FOX averaged an 8.4/14, with 14.0 million from 10:15-10:30 PM ET then jumped back up to a 9.0/15, with 15.0 million from 10:30-10:45 which coincided with the conclusion of the GOP Debate.
- The Spanish-language telecast on FOX Deportes posted 183,000 viewers, and peaked in the 9:30-9:45 PM ET quarter hour at 260,000 viewers.
World Series To-Date
- The 2015 World Series is averaging an 8.7/16 and 14.5 million viewers, +14% in rating and +16% in audience over last year’s two game averages (7.6/13, 12.5 million).
- The World Series is off to its highest-rated two-game average since 2011 (8.8/14) and most-watched since 2010 (14.6 million).
- Notable year-to-year demographics increases: M12-17, +43% (2.0 vs. 1.4); M12-24, +33% (3.2 vs. 2.4); M18-34, +10% (4.3 vs. 3.9); M18-49, +27% (5.6 vs. 4.4); M25-54, +28% (6.4 vs. 5.0) and A18-49, +26% (4.3 vs. 3.4).
World Series Game 2 Local Highlights:
- Kansas City again led all markets with a 56.6 rating, followed by New York (21.3).
- Louis (17.5), Hartford (12.6), Richmond (10.8), Tulsa (10.0), Greensboro (9.9), Denver and Milwaukee (9.3), and Las Vegas (9.1) round out the top 10 rated markets.
And that is it.
