Rating, Share, And World Series Viewership, 2020

 

What else can we learn from these numbers?
Tampa Bay’s 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 on Wednesday night was seen by an average of 8,950,000 viewers on Fox, receiving a 5.0 rating and 11 share.

These are the definitions, using a graphic: 

Data we are given:

• rating: 5.0
• share: 11

Then, rating = share x HUT (households using TV)

• 5.0% = 11% x HUT
• 5.0% / 11% = HUT
• 0.05 / 0.11 = 0.45 or 45% of households had that TVs on that night. 

I don't know about you, but prime time on a weeknight and only 45% of American households had their televisions on? Seems low to me.