Overview
- Nielsen reports 27.33 million viewers in the U.S. across FOX platforms for Game 7, the week’s No. 2 TV broadcast behind the CBS NFL window.
- Canada averaged 10.9 million for Game 7 on Sportsnet/Citytv, a Rogers record and the most-watched English-language broadcast in the country outside the 2010 Olympics, with a 7.5 million series average.
- Japan delivered strong NHK audiences despite 9 a.m. local start times, including 11.8 million for Game 1 and roughly 12.0 million for Game 6–7, setting single-network highs for World Series games.
- FOX’s seven-game World Series averaged about 15.71 million viewers, its best full-series figure since 2017, while the cross-border seven-game average was 34.0 million, up 19% from last year.
- U.S. postseason viewership averaged 6.33 million, up 28% year over year for the best since 2017, with analysts noting Nielsen’s newer Big Data + Panel methods and added out-of-home viewing complicate historical comparisons.