🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Final Game Captures Over 50 Million Viewers Across the United States, Canada and Japan Regions. The thrilling 11-inning contest that saw the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a combined over 50 million watchers across the US, Canada, and Japanese territories. MLB announced this marks the highest-rated World Series finale since the 1991 contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Television Ratings Details The Saturday memorable game averaged 27.33 million viewers on Fox channels, its Spanish-language channel and Fox’s digital services. According to Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated program of the week. It additionally stands as the most-watched World Series matchup since the 2017 Game 7 between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the last Game 7 between the Nationals and Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, the fourth game ranked seventh, Game 5 came in eighth, and the third game finished in thirteenth position. Global Viewership Figures In the Canadian market, the game drew 11.6 million viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the most-watched English program in Canada since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the final contest began at 9 PM in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yamamoto allowed a single run in six frames – averaged 13.1M viewers, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a single network in Japan. Series Averages and Patterns The entire seven-game World Series recorded 15.71M audience members on Fox, a 2% rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the first time since 2015 and ‘16 that the World Series has seen viewership increases for two straight seasons. Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the total American viewership was over 16 million. The total Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in Canada. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded 8.09 million viewers, an eight percent increase compared to the previous year and the network’s best postseason performance after the 2017 season. MLB reported that the World Series was broadcast in 203 nations and regions by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.