The blockbuster World Sequence matchup of the Dodgers taking part in the New York Yankees gave Fox an anticipated rankings increase.
Nielsen knowledge confirmed the five-game Sequence that concluded Wednesday with a Dodgers come-from-behind 7-6 win averaged 15.8 million viewers.
The determine is up 74% over final 12 months’s five-game Sequence, when the Texas Rangers topped the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Dodgers-Yankees showdown delivered the most important viewers for a five-game collection since 2015, when a median of 14.5 million viewers watched the Kansas Metropolis Royals defeat the New York Mets. It was the most-watched World Sequence of any size because the Houston Astros beat the Dodgers in seven video games in 2017.
Fox benefited from having groups within the two largest TV markets. It was additionally a platform for the sport’s two largest stars, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers and Aaron Choose of the Yankees. Each are the favorites to win essentially the most worthwhile participant award of their respective leagues.
The final time the Dodgers confronted the Yankees within the Fall Traditional was in 1981. The Dodgers gained that Sequence 4 video games to 2.
The brief collection saved Fox from seeing a decisive World Sequence Sport 7, which prior to now has drawn as many as 40 million viewers. However each recreation of the 2024 match paced forward of comparable contests lately.
The deciding recreation Wednesday averaged 18.6. million viewers nationally. In Los Angeles, the sport was watched by 21.1% of TV properties available in the market. In New York, the determine was 14.8%.
Sport 4, which was the lone win by the Yankees, averaged 16.3 million viewers, the most-watched World Sequence recreation since 2019.
Sport 3 of the Fall Traditional went up in opposition to an NFL “Monday Night Football” contest on ABC and ESPN. The 13.6 million viewers who watched Fox topped the 13.4 million who tuned in for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 26-18 win over the New York Giants.
