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That was followed by Dodgers wins in Game 2 (13.8 million viewers, the most-watched Game 2 since 2018 and up 65% from 2023) and Game 3 (13.6 million viewers, the most-watched Game 3 since 2018 and ...
The highest-rated individual game in World Series history was Game 6 in 1980, when the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals; the game had a 40.0 rating. [5] [6] The only other games with a rating of 39 or higher were Game 7 in 1975, when the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Red Sox, with a 39.6 rating, [5] and Game 4 in 1963 ...
In the U.S., Game 5 of the World Series drew an average 18.6 million viewers across Fox, ... Los Angeles posted the higher local metrics than New York, with a 21.1 rating and 55 share.
However, ratings for the 2021 World Series were still below where they had been pre-COVID. Game 6 drew a 33.5 rating and 54% share in the Atlanta market, the highest since Game 4 of the 1999 World Series. It drew a 25.6 rating and a 47% share in the Houston market. [74]
The Game 5 audience peaked at 21.3 million, from 11:15-11:30 pm ET. Fox’s coverage of the 2024 World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees wound up averaging 15.8 million total viewers (across ...
In September 2000, Major League Baseball reached a six-year, $2.5 billion contract [7] with Fox that allowed it to retain rights to Saturday baseball games, [8] and included rights to the All-Star Game, select Division Series games and exclusive coverage of the League Championship Series and World Series. 90% of the contract's value to Fox ...
That Cubs-Cleveland 2016 Game 7 shattered decades of ratings doldrums, its 40.8 million average viewers making it the most-watched Series game this century, and the largest audience since Games 6 ...
The previous Game 7 in World Series history occurred in 2011, when the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers produced a 14.7 rating, a full 1.0 over 2014's Game 7. 2014 is the 5th consecutive year in which the World Series rating was under 10.0 and the 6th in the last 7th.