Despite Buzz, World Series Ratings Reach Record Low

from AP

A World Series to remember for the St. Louis Cardinals was one to forget when it came to television ratings. The Cardinals' five-game victory over the Detroit Tigers averaged a record-low 10.1 television rating and 17 share. This year's rating dropped 9 percent from the previous bottom, an 11.1 for a four-game sweep by the Chicago White Sox over the Houston Astros last year.

The national rating is the percentage of U.S. television households tuned to a program, and each point represents 1,114,000 homes. The share is the percentage of households watching a broadcast among those homes with televisions in use at the time.