LOS ANGELES (AP) – ABC’s “Freddie,” the last new series in the door for the fall TV season, debuted in style against competition that included major league baseball playoff games.

The Freddie Prinze Jr. comedy, airing at 8:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, was the most-watched show among all viewers in its time period (9.4 million) and among the advertiser-favored adults aged 18 to 49 (5.4 million).

It was helped by lead-in “George Lopez,” which has been resurgent in its new 8 p.m. EDT Wednesday home, winning in viewers and adults.

But “Freddie” did even better than fourth-season “George Lopez,” which drew 8.8 million in total viewers and 4.5 million in young adults, according to Nielsen Media Research figures released Tuesday.

For Fox, the baseball postseason has averaged 10.3 million prime-time viewers through last week, down 6 percent compared to 2004.

As it has for all of the young TV season, CBS retained its position as the most-watched network for the week ending Sunday and also was No. 1 among 18-to-49 adults, snapping ABC’s three-week winning streak with those viewers.

CBS averaged 13.4 million viewers for the week (8.7 rating, 14 share), ABC had 10.7 million (6.9, 11), Fox 10.5 million (6.9, 11), NBC 9.6 million (6.4, 10), WB 3.8 million (2.5, 4), UPN 3.7 million (2.4, 4) and Pax TV 550,000 (0.4, 1).

NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening news ratings race, averaging 9.2 million viewers (6.5 rating, 13 share). ABC’s “World News Tonight” had 8.3 million viewers (5.9, 12) and the “CBS Evening News” 6.9 million (4.9, 10).

A ratings point represents 1,102,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation’s estimated 110.2 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

For the week of Oct. 10-16, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 28.3 million; “Desperate Housewives,” ABC, 25.8 million; “Lost,” ABC, 21.7 million; “Without a Trace,” CBS, 20.6 million; “CSI: Miami,” CBS, 18.5 million; “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 18.3 million; “Survivor: Guatemala,” CBS, 17.8 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 16.8 million; “Commander in Chief,” ABC, 16.2 million; “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” ABC, 16.1 million.