🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Final Game Draws Over 50 Million Viewers In the US, Canadian and Japanese Regions. The exciting 11-inning matchup where the Los Angeles Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 drew a aggregate 51M watchers in the United States, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball reported this marks the most-watched Fall Classic finale since the 1991 edition showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Details Last Saturday’s epic game drew over 27 million viewers on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their streaming platforms. Per Nielsen, it was the second most-watched program of the previous week. It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic matchup since the 2017 edition final game between the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which averaged 29.07 million. This marks a 16% improvement over the previous finale between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the Nielsen ratings, Game 6 placed 4th, Game 4 was 7th, the fifth game was eighth, and the third game landed in thirteenth place. Global Audience Numbers In Canada, the game averaged 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French TVA Sports channel. This made it the highest-rated English program in the country since the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the final game started at 9 PM in the local time zone, it drew 12 million viewers. This came after the previous Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – drew 13.1 million spectators, making it the most-watched World Series game on a single network in Japan. Overall Averages and Trends The entire seven-match series recorded 15.71M viewers on the Fox network, a two percent increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This marks the first time after 2015 and ‘16 that the Fall Classic has seen audience growth for two straight seasons. Counting the Game 1 telecast on Univision, the total American viewership reached 16.1M. The total Fall Classic viewership in Japan was 9.7 million and 8.1 million in Canada. The complete MLB Postseason on Fox, FS1 and FS2 drew 8.09M viewers, an 8% rise over the previous year and Fox’s best postseason performance since the 2017 season. MLB announced that the World Series was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by 44 broadcasting partners in sixteen various languages.