Wednesday’s deciding game of the World Series scored a 51.5 household rating/72 share on Fox O&O WFLD Chicago, according to the station, with 3,217,000 households watching the hometown Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians to win the Cubbies’ first Fall Classic since 1908. By comparison, WFLD said, Super Bowl 50 generated a 47.6/72. The first hour of WFLD’s post game and local news coverage delivered a 28.8/57. WFLD’s World Series coverage continued until 2:20 a.m. CT. Thursday.
DMA 3: CHICAGO
Comments (4)
Dale Godfrey says:
November 3, 2016 at 7:13 pm
Wow! Congratulations for the ratings bonanza, and for staying on the air, allowing millions of fans to enjoy the post game afterglow!
Teri Keene says:
November 3, 2016 at 9:08 pm
Wow, they came a long way from airing Svengoolie and reruns of The Banana Splits, which I used to watch on WFLD when I was a kid. Wonderful job by Jeff Herndon, Lou Canellis, Dawn Hasbrouck and the Fox 32 news team!
dave rawson says:
November 4, 2016 at 12:07 am
And thanks, too, for proving that a UHF station can indeed hold its own in a five VHF station market.
Wagner Pereira says:
November 4, 2016 at 4:44 am
That’s proven everyday.