Dodgers News: Game Seven of World Series Sets Viewership Records
This year's Fall Classic between the Dodgers and Blue Jays was historic
LOS ANGELES, CA—Leading up to the World Series, all the talk across Major League Baseball was how bad the Los Angeles Dodgers were for baseball.
When the Dodgers claimed the National League pennant in sweeping fashion, those talks only intensified, with many pundits putting a “David vs. Goliath” title on this year’s Fall Classic.
Well, the big bad Dodgers did not break baseball; in fact, they may be saving it after Fox’s recent World Series viewership updates.
The winner-take-all game on Fox attracted 27.3 million viewers, marking it as the most-watched World Series game since 2017. It also achieved the highest viewership for a Fall Classic and MLB postseason in eight years.
Meanwhile, Game Seven of the World Series attracted an average viewership of 10.9 million on the Rogers network in Canada. It became the most-viewed English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Game Seven had high stakes for both the Dodgers and Blue Jays. L.A. aimed to become the first repeat champion in 25 years, while Toronto, supported by most of Canada, was making its first World Series appearance since 1993.
The World Series finale had it all: two-way superstar and three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani starting on short rest, a benches-clearing incident in the fourth inning, a game-tying homer in the ninth, and the first extra-inning go-ahead home run in World Series history.
The aftermath: The decisive Game Seven of the World Series drew a record 51 million viewers across the United States, Canada, and Japan, according to Major League Baseball on Wednesday. This made it the most-watched MLB game since the Game Seven of the 1991 World Series.
In the U.S., an average of 16.1 million viewers watched each game—a rise from last year, despite the absence of the New York Yankees and the inclusion of a Canadian team. The series was more intense last year, going to seven games instead of five, which likely contributed to the higher viewership.
For the third straight year and the fifth time in six years, the World Series outperformed the NBA Finals, this year by 56%.
So it’s safe to say, the Dodgers may very well be good for baseball after all.
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