Against the highly rated deciding Game 7 of the 2014 World Series, ABC was the #1 non-sports network on Wednesday in Adults 18-49 by 10% over CBS (2.2/6 vs. 2.0/6). ABC's MODERN FAMILY (3.4/10) and BLACK-ISH (2.7/8) ranked as the Top 2 series telecasts of the night in Adults 18-49. The Net's Wednesday night was up 5% week to week in Adults 18-49 and topped the year-ago night by 22%, when it faced the deciding Game 6 of the 2013 World Series.
Season to date, ABC's 2-hour Wednesday comedy block is up year to year in viewers (+9%) and young adults (+6%), marking its strongest start in 3 years - since the opening weeks of the 2011-12 season. The Middle (8-8:30pm - 6.9 million and 1.8/6 in AD18-49): At 8pm, ABC's The Middle took a strong second against its regular time slot competition with Adults 18-49 (1.8/6), behind only CBS' SURVIVOR and beating NBC's THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA by 50% (1.2/4). The Goldbergs (8:30-9pm - 6.8 million and 2.1/6 in AD18-49): At 8:30pm, ABC's The Goldbergs built on its Adult 18-49 lead-in for 5th time this season (+17% - best yet) to nearly tie CBS' SURVIVOR for the series lead (2.1/6 vs. 2.3/7). The Goldbergs beat SURVIVOR for the first time in the half-hour among Adults 18-34 (+8%). The ABC comedy continued to greatly improve its half-hour year to year with young adults (+24% over BACK IN THE GAME on 10/30/13 = 1.7/5). In addition, The Goldbergs bested its year-ago Tuesday airing coming out of S.H.I.E.L.D. (on 10/29/13) for its 4th consecutive telecast in Total Viewers (+26% - 6.8 million vs. 5.4 million) and Adults 18-49 (+24% - 2.1/6 vs. 1.7/4).Videos