LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers’ 7-6 victory over the Yankees in Game 5 for his or her eighth World Series title and second in 5 years averaged 18.6 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming, in response to Nielsen.
That is the most-watched recreation within the Fall Classic since Game 7 in 2019 when the Washington Nationals’ victory over the Houston Astros averaged 23.22 million.
The collection averaged 15.81 million, its greatest efficiency since 2017 when Houston’s victory over the Dodgers in seven video games averaged 18.93 million.
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It’s additionally fairly a turnaround from final 12 months when the Texas Rangers’ title over the Arizona Diamondbacks in 5 video games averaged a record-low 9.11 million.
The viewers Wednesday peaked at 21.27 million from 11:15-11:30 p.m. EDT.
The recreation had a 21.1 ranking and 55 share in Los Angeles and 14.8 ranking and 39 share in New York.
The ranking is the proportion of tv households tuned in. The share refers to a share of the viewers viewing it on the time.