Written on October 30, 2009 at 9:20 am by admin

Thursday TV Ratings: World Series Game 2 Wins, FlashForward Falls

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On a night which saw the Yankees draw even with the Phillies by winning game 2 of the series, it was FOX which won its first Thursday of the season.

FOX once again was number 1 for the whole of primetime with a 5.8 rating and just under 19 million viewers.

At 8pm, Survivor Samoa started the night for CBS in second place, pulling in a 3.7 rating and 12.5 million viewers, down vs last week. FlashForward dropped to a series low for ABC, pulling just a 2.7 rating and 9 million viewers on its 6th outing. Fourth placed was NBC’s combination of Community and Parks and Recreation with a 2.1 rating for each and an average 5.2 million viewers. The Vampire Diaries was last for The CW, but still pulled a 2.0 rating A18-49, a 2.3 A18-34 and just over 4 million viewers for the minnows.

9pm saw Grey’s Anatomy take second for ABC, down slightly from last week to a 5.1 rating and just over 13 million viewers.. The Office was even with last weeks 4.2 rating (8 million viewers) and 30 Rock (6 million viewers) was down .2 to take third for NBC. CSI was also down a tick vs. last week to take fourth for CBS with a 3.4 rating and just over 15 million viewers. The CW ended its night in last place with Supernatural, drawing a 1.3 rating.

At 10, Private Practice kept ABC in second, drawing a 3.6 rating and beating out The Mentalist which drew a 3.5 (even with last week). Leno came fourth with a 1.6 to end the night for NBC.