World Series rating for opener drops to low
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A World Series opener involving the San Francisco Giants set a record low TV rating for the second time in three seasons.
San Francisco's 7-1 win over Kansas City drew a 7.3 rating and 12.2 million viewers Tuesday night on Fox, according to fast national ratings by Nielsen Media Research.
That broke the previous low of a 7.6 rating and 12.2 million for the Giants' 8-3 victory over Detroit in 2012. San Francisco's 11.7 win over Texas in the 2010 opener got an 8.9 rating.
The rating for this year's opener began with a 6.9 from 8:05-8:30 p.m. EDT and peaked at 8.5 in the half hour starting at 9 p.m. With the Giants scoring three runs in the first inning and leading 5-0 by the fourth, the rating ended at 5.7 from 11:30-11:41 p.m.
Still, Fox said Wednesday it expects to win the prime-time night and have its best Tuesday night since February 2012.
Fox Deportes averaged 273,000 viewers, a record for Spanish-language World Series coverage.
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