On TV: Canes, Heat and Red Sox captivated South Florida

November 7, 2013|By Johnny Diaz, Sun Sentinel

South Florida TV viewers couldn't peel themselves away from weekend football, a Latin dance competition, the World Series, the Heat and some Spanish-language drama. Saturday night's football game between Florida State and the University of Miami won the week in total viewers with 372,000 viewers. The final two games of the World Series between the Red Sox and the Cardinals delivered strong ratings for Fox affiliate WSVN-Ch. 7. Game 6 drew 199,000 viewers while Game 5 captured 142,000 viewers (or 22nd place among the week's most watched shows.) And as for drama of the Oval office kind, ABC's "Scandal" seduced 122,000 viewers last Thursday coming in at #30 for WPLG-Ch. 10.

Here's a look at the most viewed TV shows for the week of Oct. 28 through Sunday.

1. WPLG-ABC Saturday Night Football 372,000

2. WLTV-Univision Mira Quien Baila (dance reality show) 273,000

3. TNT NBA Basketball 259,000

5. WFOR-Ch. 4 CBS NFL Football 226,000

5. WSVN-FOX World Series Game 6 199,000

5. TNT NBA Pre-Game Show 197,000

5. WLTV-Univision Aqui y Ahora (news magazine show) 196,000

8. WLTV-Univsion Sal y Pimienta (entertainment gossip show) 191,000


10. WSCV-Telemundo Marido en Alquiler (telenovela) 169,000

11. WTVJ-NBC Sunday Night Football 159,000

11. AMC Walking Dead 159,000

11. WSCV-Telemundo Marido en Alquiler (telenovela) 159,000

11. WFOR-CBS NCIS 158,000

11. WSCV-Telemundo Santa Diabla (telenovela) 158,000

johnnydiaz@tribune.com or 954-356-4939

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