Fall Classic Final Game Draws 51 Million Viewers Across the United States, Canada and Japan Regions.

The nail-biting extra-inning matchup that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Blue Jays by one run averaged a aggregate over 50 million viewers across the United States, Canada, and Japanese territories. Major League Baseball reported this represents the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 contest between the Minnesota Twins and Braves.

Television Viewership Breakdown

Last Saturday’s memorable game drew 27.33M audience members on Fox channels, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the previous week.

It additionally is the top-rated Fall Classic matchup after the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This represents a sixteen percent increase over the previous finale between the Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19M.

In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed fourth, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth place.

Global Viewership Figures

In Canada, the game averaged 11.6M viewers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English broadcast in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the final contest started at 9 PM local time, it drew 12M. This came after last Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series MVP Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged 13.1M spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in the country.

Series Totals and Patterns

The full seven-match World Series averaged 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a 2% increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership growth for two consecutive seasons.

Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the total US average reached over 16 million. The total Fall Classic average in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada.

The complete MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged 8.09 million watchers, an 8% rise over the previous year and Fox’s best playoff performance since the 2017 season.

MLB reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by 44 media partners in 16 different tongues.

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