NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in 11 innings in Game 7 of the World Series averaged 51 million viewers combined across the United States, Canada and Japan.
Major League Baseball said it is the most-watched game since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, when the host Minnesota Twins beat the Atlanta Braves 1-0 in 10 innings.
Last weekend’s game — which started on Saturday night and finished early Sunday at Toronto’s Rogers Centre — averaged 27.33 million on Fox Sports, Fox Deportes and Fox’s streaming platforms. According to Nielsen, it was the second most-watched broadcast of last week.
It also was the most-watched Fall Classic game since 2017’s Game 7 between the Dodgers and the Houston Astros averaged 29.07 million. It was a 16% improvement over the last Game 7, between the Washington Nationals and the Astros in 2019 (23.19 million).
Game 6 of this year’s World Series was fourth in the Nielsen ratings last week, with Game 4 seventh, Game 5 eighth and Game 3 13th.