🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Attracts 51 Million Viewers In the US, Canada and Japanese Regions. The thrilling 11-inning clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run drew a total 51 million watchers in the US, Canada, and Japan territories. Major League Baseball stated this represents the most-watched World Series finale since the 1991 edition showdown featuring the Twins and Braves. Television Viewership Details The Saturday memorable contest drew over 27 million audience members on Fox Sports channels, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the week. It also stands as the most-watched World Series game since the 2017 edition final game involving the Dodgers and Houston Astros, which drew 29.07 million. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the previous Game 7 between the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19M. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked fourth, Game 4 ranked 7th, Game 5 came in eighth, and Game 3 landed in thirteenth position. Global Audience Figures In the Canadian market, the game drew 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports. This made it the highest-rated English broadcast in the country after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding game began at 9 PM local time, it averaged 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings – recorded 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated Fall Classic game on a single network in Japan. Series Averages and Trends The entire seven-match series drew over 15.7 million viewers on the Fox network, a two percent rise from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees series. This marks the initial instance after 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded viewership increases for two consecutive years. Including the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the total US viewership reached 16.1 million. The overall Fall Classic viewership in the Japanese market was 9.7 million and 8.1M in the Canadian market. The complete playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09M watchers, an eight percent increase compared to last year and the network’s best playoff ratings after the 2017 season. MLB reported that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 nations and regions by forty-four media partners in sixteen various languages.