Thrilling World Series Game 7 Brings Enormous Ratings To Fox

Saturday night's epic Game 7 closed retired a thrilling World Series and drew baseball's biggest tv audience successful 8 years.

According to early numbers from Nielsen, nan Los Angeles Dodgers' 5-4 triumph complete nan Toronto Blue Jays successful 11 innings brought successful an mean of 25.98 cardinal viewers crossed Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox Sports. Viewership peaked betwixt 11:30-11:45 p.m. to 31.54 cardinal arsenic some teams tried to find what would beryllium to beryllium nan World Series-clinching run.

More elaborate numbers are expected connected Tuesday, but Fox Sports is already trumpeting what looks to beryllium an unthinkable success. The past broadcast to present specified a number was Game 7 of nan 2017 Fall Classic betwixt nan Houston Astros and Dodgers, which came successful astatine 28.29 cardinal viewers.

While immoderate header astir historical viewership is welcomed pinch unfastened arms by baseball, this 1 is particularly awesome considering that these numbers do not see nan monolithic Canadian assemblage tuned into nan event.

It's difficult to ideate 2 teams moving together to create much spectacular drama—and much of it—than what nan Blue Jays and Dodgers were capable to put together. Avoiding immoderate overlap pinch nan NFL and getting a showcase for Game 7 against a weaker assemblage shot primetime slate helped push nan number moreover higher.

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