🔗 Share this article Fall Classic Final Game Attracts Over 50 Million Audience Members Across the United States, Canada and Japanese Markets. The exciting extended clash where the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays by one run averaged a combined over 50 million spectators across the US, Canadian, and Japan territories. MLB stated this represents the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 since the 1991 edition contest featuring the Minnesota Twins and Braves. Broadcast Ratings Details The Saturday epic game drew 27.33 million viewers on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second highest-rated program of the previous week. It additionally is the top-rated Fall Classic game since the 2017 final game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged over 29 million. This represents a sixteen percent increase over the previous Game 7 featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19M. In the weekly rankings, Game 6 placed 4th, Game 4 was 7th, Game 5 was 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth place. International Audience Numbers In Canada, the game drew 11.6M watchers on the Sportsnet network and the French TVA Sports. This was the most-watched English program in Canada after the 2010 edition Vancouver Winter Olympics. In Japan, where the final game started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12M. This followed the previous Friday’s sixth game – where Fall Classic Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave up one run in six frames – recorded 13.1 million spectators, making it the highest-rated World Series game on a sole broadcaster in the country. Overall Averages and Patterns The entire seven-game World Series averaged 15.71M audience members on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last year’s Dodgers-Yankees matchup. This represents the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the World Series has seen audience growth for two consecutive years. Including the Game 1 telecast on the Univision network, the total US viewership was over 16 million. The overall Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The full playoffs on Fox and its sister channels drew 8.09M viewers, an eight percent rise compared to the previous year and the network’s best playoff ratings after 2017. Major League Baseball stated that the Fall Classic was broadcast in over 200 countries and territories by 44 media partners in 16 various tongues.