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Dodgers Win Game 7 in 11 Innings as World Series Delivers Record Canadian Audience and About 26 Million U.S. Viewers

Sportsnet’s record audience came despite Sportsnet+ outages tied to a third-party vendor.

Overview

  • Los Angeles beat Toronto 5–4 in 11 innings, with Miguel Rojas tying it in the ninth, Will Smith homering in the 11th, and MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto inducing the title-clinching double play.
  • Rogers said Game 7 averaged 10.9 million viewers in Canada across Sportsnet, Sportsnet+ and Citytv, peaking at 14 million and reaching 18.5 million viewers.
  • Across the series, Sportsnet averaged 7.5 million viewers and reported 23 million Canadians tuned in at some point, making all seven games the most-watched Blue Jays broadcasts on record.
  • FOX Sports reported a U.S. average of about 25.98 million viewers for Game 7, peaking near 31.5 million, the largest World Series game audience since 2017, with final Nielsen data pending.
  • Sportsnet acknowledged streaming disruptions during the series, including in Game 7, attributing them to a third-party vendor as Rogers channels captured more than 85% of Canadian primetime TV viewing Saturday.