Spotted Ratings, Sunday 10/28/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• The broadcast night was again dominated by sports; Sunday Night Football held off game 4 of the World Series, but the fourth and final game of the Series was the highest-rated by a long shot. Thanks to the NFL lead-in, extra innings and an ultimately decisive game. Those factors helped it beat the year-ago Game 4, the first positive trend in what had been a reliably down-low-teens series. Though Fox is certainly sad to only get four games, even though it was a historically low-rated Series, at least they avoid potentially huge scheduling headaches had future games been rained out (which seemed quite possible).

• At 10/9c, the 100th The Mentalist was the weakest of the show's three start-on-time results this season, and 666 Park Ave gave back a tenth following its bounce last week.

• On AMC, The Walking Dead (5.4) was up a few ticks and topped the week in entertainment programming once more. Showtime's Homeland (0.9) hit a series high for the fourth time in five episodes this season.

FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
America's Funniest Home Videos	5.56	1.3	+0%	n/a	3/4	n/a	+0%	-13%	1.16
Once Upon a Time	9.85	3.4	+3%	+0%	2/5	-13%	+1%	-15%	2.55
Revenge	8.18	2.7	-4%	+3%	3/5	-10%	-4%	-8%	1.98
666 Park Ave	4.61	1.6	-6%	-4%	4/5	n/a	-6%	-11%	1.29
60 Minutes	11.16	1.7	-53%	n/a	4/5	-59%	-82%	-26%	1.50
The Amazing Race	9.41	2.5	-4%	-53%	4/5	-17%	-29%	-9%	1.93
The Good Wife	9.51	1.8	-5%	-4%	2/5	-10%	-31%	-12%	1.46
The Mentalist	10.17	1.8	+20%	-5%	3/5	-28%	-5%	-14%	1.57
Football Night in America p2	3.11	1.2	+9%	n/a	4/8	-63%	+9%	-37%	1.01
Football Night in America p3	9.69	3.8	+6%	+9%	6/8	-21%	+6%	+12%	2.77
Sunday Night Football	17.73	7.0	+4%	+6%	8/9	-25%	+6%	+33%	4.70
NFL Overrun	26.94	9.5	+16%	n/a	2/8	-12%	+764%	+30%	5.96
World Series Pregame	15.10	4.9	n/a	n/a	1/1	n/a	+123%	+23%	2.18
World Series	15.49	4.7	+68%	n/a	1/4	+12%	+110%	+13%	3.35

KEY (click to expand)

Viewers - The total number of viewers (age 2+, in millions) that watched the program.
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
y2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to its rating a year ago.
TLa - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True2 - The second edition of True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.

(R) - Repeat.

Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.

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