Don't be surprised if the weekend games at Wrigley Field yield even stronger ratings.
The ratings decline has been reversed, and Cubs-Indians are putting up the strongest numbers since a series involving baseball's flagship franchise (and the large-market Phillies). Fox's coverage of the World Series opener on Tuesday night drew 19.37 million total viewers and a 5.6 demo rating (per finals), up 30 and 22 percent year-over-year to deliver the best Game 1. That said, this is good news for baseball. One of the greatest World Series Games 7 of all time, the finale between the Cubs and Indians will go down as a true classic in MLB history.
SKU: q148765 UPC: 746739236517 Condition: New Availability: Free Shipping from the USA. Television ratings across the board aren't what they used to be, thanks mostly to the rise of the internet, so general decline is never to be taken at face value. Anthony Rizzo Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Game 7 Celebration Photo Size 8 x 10. The two-game average of 10.7 /19 and 19.2 million is the most since 11.8/19 and 19.2 million for the Yankees-Philadelphia Series in 2009. The first two games of the World Series averaged 18.3 million viewers on Fox, up 27 percent from last year and the most since 2009.
Speaking of appeal, the 2016 World Series is already reversing a pattern of decline with regard to TV ratings. They also, of course, haven't won a World Series since 1908, which adds to the appeal. The 2016 World Series on FOX averaged a whoppoing 13.1/23 rating/share and 23.4 million viewers, ranking as the highest-rated and most-watched World Series since 2004’s 15.8/26 and 25.4 million. That's not especially surprising, considering that the Cubs are a large-market franchise with a national following. Two teams history has kicked in the gut for longer than many of us. The stage couldn’t have been set any better.
Given the stiff competition for eyeballs between the game and the Awards, NBC and CBS. The San Francisco Giants win over the Kansas City Royals in Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday attracted 52 million viewers and drew a 13.7 rating, the second-highest-rated Major League. We might be in for a long and potentially dramatic series, but already this particular Fall Classic is proving to be a popular one. Game 7 of the 2016 World Series will go down as the greatest baseball game ever. Ratings were down in 2016 for the show, dropping sharply to 11.2 million total viewers for the 51st broadcast. Fox topped its own record of 39.1 million who watched the Arizona Diamondbacks cap a two-run ninth-inning rally over the New York Yankees in Game Seven of the 2001 World Series.The Cubs and Indians are of course locked up 1-1 through two games of the 2016 World Series. That was the most since 50.3 million tuned in to see the Minnesota Twins defeat the Atlanta Braves in Game Seven of the 1991 World Series.
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television audience for baseball in 25 years.ĭespite the final game of the World Series going well past midnight on the East Coast, plus a 17-minute rain delay, more than 40 million viewers watched on Fox, according to preliminary numbers from Nielsen. '2016 World Series' Game 7 (TV Episode 2016) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs’ World Series victory on Wednesday night not only ended the team’s historic 108-year championship drought but attracted the biggest U.S. Landon Donovan on San Diego Loyal walking off the pitch. the Chicago Cubs played in a World Series game at Wrigley Field. serious at Wrigley as the Cubs entered the 8th inning with no runs. Fans of National League baseball team Chicago Cubs gathered to watch the game at Kelly's bar celebrate their Major League Baseball World Series game 7 victory against American League's Cleveland Indians in Manhattan, New York U.S., November 3, 2016. The Indians beat the Cubs 1-0 in Game 3 of the World Series on.