LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday in Game 5 for their eighth World Series title and second in five years averaged 18.6 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming, according to Nielsen.
That is the most-watched game in the Fall Classic since Game 7 in 2019, when the Washington Nationals’ victory over the Houston Astros averaged 23.22 million.
This year’s World Series averaged 15.81 million, its best performance since 2017, when Houston’s victory over the Dodgers in seven games averaged 18.93 million.
Its also quite a turnaround from last year’s World Series, when the Texas Rangers beating the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games averaged a record-low 9.11 million.
The audience Wednesday peaked at 21.27 million from 11:15 to 11:30 p.m. Eastern.