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In 1978, the second consecutive Dodgers-Yankees battle averaged a record 44.2 million viewers for the six-game series, its 32.8 rating nearly quadrupling the 4.7 rating pulled in 2023.
The Yankees’ first and only win against the Dodgers on Tuesday night drew 16.3 million viewers on Fox alone, making it the most-watched World Series Game 4 since 2016 (when Cleveland-Cubs ...
The FOX TV ratings drew 15.2 million viewers, the largest Game 1 audience since the 2017 World Series between the Houston Astros and Dodgers and a 62% increase over last year’s Arizona ...
The highest ratings for an entire World Series is tied between 1978, featuring the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, and 1980, featuring the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals. Both series went six games and averaged a rating of 32.8 and a share of 56. [ 5 ]
Before the September 23, 2022, Yankees/Red Sox broadcast, where Aaron Judge of the Yankees would be attempting to tie an American League record with 61 home runs, New York State attorney general Letitia James urged Major League Baseball to allow the game to simulcast on the YES Network. The network is widely available on cable providers in New ...
The Dodgers and Yankees entered the 2024 MLB postseason as the top seeds in their respective leagues. The Dodgers had home-field advantage in the series due to their better regular season win-loss record. It was the 12th time in the Dodgers–Yankees rivalry that the teams have met in the World Series, but only the first instance since 1981 ...
Sean Manaea pitches Game 2 for New York, which earned three days off by beating Philadelphia in a four-game Division Series. Dodgers All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman, playing with a sprained right ankle, was 4 for 14 with no RBIs in the NLDS. Cleveland and the Yankees will be playing in the postseason for the seventh time.
The Dodgers-Yankees showdown delivered the largest audience for a five-game Series since 2006, when an average of 15.8 million viewers watched the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers.