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The sports network also walked away with the week's most-watched program on cable, averaging 12.4 million viewers with the November 2 Saints-Falcons NFL matchup, but "Monday Night Football" took a hit from the World Series. Game 5 of the Yankees-Phillies tilt drew 17.1 million viewers to Fox, according to Nielsen ratings data.
Faced with what would prove to be the most-watched World Series Game 5 since 2003, the Saints-Falcons game drew the second lowest-rated "MNF" telecast of the year.
For the week ended November 8, ESPN retained its hold on adults 25-54 (1.46 million), viewers 18-49 (1.47 million) and viewers 18-34 (709,000).
USA was sustained by "WWE Raw," "Monk" and "NCIS" repeats. But it suffered a profound drop with its original drama, "White Collar," as its third episode drew 3.85 million viewers last Friday -- down 24% from the prior-week average (5.08 million) and down 29% from the premiere episode (5.4 million). |
