NFL outdraws Series
Boston’s 4-2 win over St. Louis in Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday night drew a slightly higher rating than San Francisco’s title clincher last year but was topped by Green Bay’s 44-31 NFL win over Minnesota. Nielsen Media Research said Monday the game on Fox received a 9.4 rating and 15 share and was seen by an average of 16 million viewers. The rating was up 6 percent from the 8.9 for the Giants’ 4-3, 10-inning win at Detroit. The NFL game drew a 9.8/15 and 16.9 million viewers on NBC. Rating is the percentage of U.S. TV households tuned to a program, share is the percentage of those TVs watching a broadcast. – AP