š Share this article Fall Classic Game 7 Draws Over 50 Million Audience Members In the United States, Canadian and Japan Markets. The nail-biting extra-inning contest that saw the Dodgers overcome the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 averaged a total 51M spectators across the United States, Canadian, and Japan markets. MLB stated this represents the most-watched Fall Classic Game 7 after the 1991 showdown between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Broadcast Ratings Details Last Saturdayās memorable contest drew 27.33 million audience members on Fox Sports networks, its Spanish-language channel and their digital services. Per ratings data, it was the second most-watched broadcast of the week. It additionally is the most-watched Fall Classic game since the 2017 Game 7 involving the Los Angeles Dodgers and Astros, which averaged 29.07M. This represents a sixteen percent improvement over the previous finale featuring the Nationals and Houston Astros, which drew 23.19 million viewers. In the Nielsen ratings, the sixth game placed fourth, the fourth game was 7th, Game 5 came in 8th, and the third game finished in thirteenth position. International Audience Figures In Canada, the game averaged 11.6M viewers on the Sportsnet network and the French-language TVA Sports channel. This was the highest-rated English broadcast in Canada after the 2010 edition Winter Olympics. In the Japanese market, where the deciding game started at 9 p.m. in the local time zone, it attracted 12 million. This came after last Fridayās sixth game ā in which World Series Most Valuable Player Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six frames ā recorded 13.1M viewers, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game on a sole broadcaster in Japan. Overall Totals and Patterns The entire seven-game series averaged 15.71 million viewers on the Fox network, a 2% increase from last yearās Dodgers versus Yankees matchup. This marks the first time since 2015 and 2016 that the Fall Classic has seen viewership growth for two consecutive seasons. Including the opening game broadcast on the Univision network, the complete American average reached 16.1M. The total Fall Classic average in Japan was 9.7M and 8.1 million in the Canadian market. The full playoffs on Fox, FS1 and FS2 recorded over 8 million watchers, an 8% rise compared to the previous year and the networkās best playoff performance after the 2017 season. MLB stated that the Fall Classic was televised in over 200 nations and regions by 44 media partners in 16 various languages.