Looking back at Game 2 of the series a week ago on October 26, last night’s fast affiliate numbers were up a historic 150% in the key 18-49 demo.Īlready looking to be the most watched and highest rated Game 7 ever since MLB started national ratings in 1968, last night’s saga at Progressive Field will still have some distance to run to catch up to the most watched ball game ever. That 2014 game went up to 6.6/20 rating with an audience of 23.52 million in the final numbers. Viewershipwise, last night’s Game 7 was up an amazing 94% from when San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals on October 29, 2014. To make a comparison to the last time a MLB championship went to a Game 7, last night’s stellar night of baseball, not matter what team you were backing, was up 114% in the key demo. With a game that went to almost 12:50 PM ET, those results will certainly change later today, as the numbers have throughout this knock ‘em out of the park ratings series for Fox so far. Beating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in the Ohio city, the Windy City team its first World Series since 1908.Īlready having seen the best MLB result since Game 7 of the 2001 World Series in metered market ratings, last night’s matchup snagged a 12.2/36 among adults 18-49 and a home run 39.2 million viewers in unadjusted fast affiliate numbers. In extra innings and after a rain delay, the Chicago Cubs finally were able to break the drought that has seen them denied baseball’s big prize since Theodore Roosevelt was president.
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PREVIOUSLY, 8:43 AM: The 50th Annual CMA Awards had Beyoncé onstage with Dixie Chicks, a tribute to Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift presenting Garth Brooks with the Entertainer of the Year Award, but there was really only one game in TV town last night – Game 7 of the World Series. Last night’s Game 7, which lasted 290 minutes including a 17-minute rain delay, also was up 70% in viewership compared with the most recent World Series Game 7 broadcast, in which the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals on October 29, 2014. It is also the first time they played in a World Series since 1945.
With last night’s 8-7 10-inning win in Cleveland, the Cubs also became the fifth team ever to come back from being down 3-1 to win a World Series Game 7, and the first since the Kansas City Royals in 1985. Cubs' Historic World Series Victory Hits 15-Year Ratings High For Fox