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The thrilling 11-inning clash that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run attracted a total over 50 million spectators in the US, Canada, and Japanese markets. Major League Baseball stated this represents the highest-rated Fall Classic finale since the 1991 showdown between the Twins and Atlanta Braves.

Broadcast Ratings Breakdown

Last Saturday’s memorable contest averaged over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to ratings data, it was the second most-watched program of the week.

It additionally stands as the top-rated Fall Classic game since the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a sixteen percent increase over the last finale between the Washington Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million.

In the weekly rankings, the sixth game placed fourth, the fourth game ranked 7th, the fifth game came in 8th, and the third game finished in 13th place.

Global Audience Figures

In the Canadian market, the game drew 11.6M watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics.

In the Japanese market, where the deciding contest began at 9 PM local time, it drew 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yamamoto gave up a single run in six frames – averaged 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic matchup on a single network in Japan.

Series Totals and Patterns

The entire seven-match series recorded over 15.7 million audience members on Fox, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers versus Yankees series. This marks the initial instance since 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two straight years.

Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the complete US average was over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in the Canadian market.

The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew over 8 million watchers, an 8% increase over the previous year and Fox’s best playoff performance since the 2017 season.

Major League Baseball reported that the World Series was televised in 203 countries and territories by forty-four media partners in sixteen various tongues.