Ratings: Fox Happily Trades 'Empire' for World Series Game 2

No “Empire”? No problem — like, at all. Fox dominated Wednesday night with Game 2 of the 2017 World Series, which was an extra-innings contest for the ages — especially for Houston Astros fans.

CBS finished a distant second place in broadcast’s primetime rankings.

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Fox was first in ratings with a 3.9 rating/15 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 14.6 million, according to preliminary numbers. Due to the nature of live sports, those numbers from the game’s 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. reign are subject to significant adjustment.

CBS was second in ratings with a 1.2/5 and in viewers with 7 million. “Survivor” at 8 put up a 1.7/7 and 8.1 million viewers. At 9, “SEAL Team” had a 1.0/4 and 6.9 million viewers. “Criminal Minds” at 10 got a 1.0/4 and 5.9 million viewers.

ABC was third in ratings with a 1.1/4 and fourth in viewers with 4.7 million. “The Goldbergs” at 8 received a 1.4/6 and 5.4 million viewers. At 8:30, “Speechless” landed a 1.1/4 and 4.1 million viewers. “Modern Family” at 9 posted a 1.7/6 and 5.9 million viewers. At 9:30, “American Housewife” had a 1.3/5 and 4.7 million viewers. “Designated Survivor” at 10 got a 0.8/3 and 4 million viewers.

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NBC was fourth in ratings with a 1.0/4 and third in viewers with 5.7 million. “The Blacklist” at 8 had a 0.9/3 and 5.3 million viewers. At 9, “Law & Order: SVU” got a 1.2/4 and 5.7 million viewers. “Chicago P.D.” at 10 received a 1.1/4 and 6.2 million viewers.

Telemundo was fifth in ratings with a 0.7/3 and in viewers with 1.7 million.

Univision was sixth in ratings with a 0.5/2 and in viewers with 1.5 million.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.4/1 and in viewers with 1.2 million. “Riverdale” at 8 had a 0.6/2 and 1.6 million viewers. At 9, “Dynasty” settled for a 0.2/1 and 726,000 viewers.

World Series 2017: The Stars Who Bleed Dodger Blue (Photos)

Celebrity fans have turned out in spades to cheer on the Dodgers as they go up against the Houston Astros in the team's first World Series in 29 years.
Ken Jeong is a self-possessed "lifelong Dodger fan," and attended Game 1 of the World Series in Los Angeles on Tuesday night to cheer on the team and wave the flag.
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Magic Johnson has been voicing his support for the Dodgers on social media all season, and attended Game 1 in person with his wife Cookie on Tuesday.
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Ryan Seacrest recently relocated to New York to host co-host "Live" with Kelly Ripa, but the longtime Angeleno still roots for the Dodgers from across the country.
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A Compton native, Kendrick Lamar, has shown up at several Dodgers games over the years, including throwing the ceremonial first pitch once in 2015.
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Jason Bateman is such a "crazy fan for this team," that he has never agreed to throw out a first pitch, but did the prank the Arizona Diamondbacks once by throwing a pitch out in their stadium when the Dodgers were visiting.
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Zac Efron has attended multiple home games wearing his L.A. hat, and the Dodgers even alerted fans that they could find themselves sitting next to the "Neighbors" star at some point.
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Ron Howard is not only a massive fan of the Dodgers, he's knowledgeable too, and will talk about the team's moves when he shows up to do interviews about his movies.
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From attending a plethora of games to palling around with legendary manager Tommy Lasorda, Eva Longoria is such a close friend of the Dodgers organization she even hosted a charity softball game at the stadium with first baseman (and Trump Hotel protester) Adrian Gonzalez.
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Larry King is a huge Dodgers fan and not shy about his opinions of the organization's moves. Last year, he had strong thoughts about the team losing pitcher Zack Greinke to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Alyssa Milano is such a die-hard Dodgers fan that she started an entire fashion line called Touch after not being satisfied with the official team merchandise available to her and other female fans.
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George Lopez is one of the most famous Dodgers fans around and once wrote a long essay detailing exactly how and when he became a fan.
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It was hard to tell who was more star-struck when Danny DeVito, wearing a #7 jersey, walked onto the field and hugged Dodgers player Nick Punto after a winning game in 2013.
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"I’m a big, big Dodger fan. Have been all my life. My first Dodger game I was 5 years old," Bryan Cranston once said. In 2016, Cranston narrated the documentary entitled "Dodgermentary: The Lasorda Chronicles."
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Nick Jonas attends games in Dodger blue, and cheers on the team on social media.
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Mario Lopez loves the Dodgers so much he appeared in a video congratulating the 2016 on its successful season, alongside some other famous fans.
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Celebrities like Ken Jeong, Eva Longoria and George Lopez are rooting for #ThisTeam

Celebrity fans have turned out in spades to cheer on the Dodgers as they go up against the Houston Astros in the team's first World Series in 29 years.

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World Series 2017: The Stars Who Bleed Dodger Blue (Photos)

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