🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Attracts 51M Viewers Across the United States, Canadian and Japanese Markets. The exciting 11-inning clash where the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Blue Jays by one run drew a aggregate 51 million viewers in the US, Canadian, and Japan territories. MLB reported this is the highest-rated World Series finale after the 1991 showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Viewership Breakdown Last Saturday’s memorable game drew 27.33M viewers on Fox networks, Fox Deportes and their digital services. Per Nielsen, it was the second highest-rated broadcast of the previous week. It also stands as the most-watched Fall Classic game since the 2017 edition Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which drew over 29 million. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the previous finale between the Nationals and Astros, which attracted 23.19 million viewers. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 ranked fourth, the fourth game was seventh, the fifth game came in eighth, and the third game finished in thirteenth position. Global Viewership Numbers In Canada, the game recorded 11.6 million watchers on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English-language program in the country since the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding game began at 9 PM local time, it drew 12M. This followed last Friday’s Game 6 – where World Series MVP Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames – averaged over 13 million spectators, making it the most-watched Fall Classic matchup on a single network in the country. Series Totals and Patterns The entire seven-game series recorded 15.71 million audience members on Fox, a two percent rise from the previous year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the initial instance since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has recorded audience growth for two straight seasons. Counting the opening game broadcast on Univision, the complete American average reached 16.1M. The total Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1M in the Canadian market. The full MLB Postseason on Fox and its sister channels averaged over 8 million watchers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and the network’s strongest playoff performance after the 2017 season. Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was televised in 203 countries and territories by forty-four broadcasting partners in 16 various languages.