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The thrilling extra-inning matchup where the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a aggregate 51M viewers across the US, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball stated this marks the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Twins and Braves.

Television Ratings Details

Last Saturday’s memorable contest secured over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week.

It also stands as the top-rated World Series matchup since the 2017 edition final game involving the Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a sixteen percent increase compared to the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers.

In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed fourth, the fourth game was 7th, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth position.

International Audience Numbers

In Canada, the game drew over 11 million viewers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English-language program in the country since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it drew 12 million. This came after last Friday’s Game 6 – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – recorded over 13 million viewers, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in the country.

Overall Averages and Trends

The full seven-game series averaged over 15.7 million viewers on Fox, a two percent increase from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This represents the first time after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership growth for two consecutive years.

Counting the opening game broadcast on Univision, the complete American viewership reached 16.1M. The overall Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in Canada.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels averaged over 8 million watchers, an 8% increase compared to last year and Fox’s best playoff ratings since the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball announced that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in 16 different tongues.