Ratings Rant

The Boston Red Sox carried Fox to a ratings victory last week. Each win in the team's four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies in the World Series entered the Nielsen's top 15. Boston's championship-clinching victory Sunday night was seen by nearly 21 million viewers, trailing only last week's edition of Dancing with the Stars.

NBC, on the other hand, is still in a ratings slump. CRISS ANGEL's new reality series, Phenomenon, didn't live up to its title, ranking 45th in the Nielsens. And Bionic Woman continues to prove it's not bulletproof -- last week's episode was only viewed by 7.81 million people, six million less than its premiere show.

Fox was first in the ratings race last week, followed by ABC, CBS, NBC, the CW, MyNetworkTV and ION Television.

Here are the top 10 primetime programs for the week of October 22nd-28th, according to Nielsen Media Research:
1. Dancing with the Stars (Monday), ABC, 21.37 million viewers.
2. World Series, Boston at Colorado (Game 4), Fox, 20.95 million viewers.
3. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 18.28 million viewers.
4. Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 18.18 million viewers.
5. House, Fox, 18.11 million viewers.
6. Dancing with the Stars (Tuesday), ABC, 18.06 million viewers.
7. NCIS, CBS, 17.26 million viewers.
8. World Series, Colorado at Boston (Game 2), Fox, 16.95 million viewers.
9. World Series, Colorado at Boston (Game 1), Fox, 16.90 million viewers.
10. CSI: Miami, CBS, 15.67 million viewers.

*Gee..no one was watching Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday? Can't believe that!