"The Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in 11 innings in Game 7 of the World Series averaged 51m 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 between the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves. Last Saturday's game averaged 27.33m on Fox Sports, Fox Deportes and Fox's streaming platforms."
"It was a 16% improvement over the last Game 7 between the Washington Nationals and Astros (23.19m). Game 6 was fourth in the Nielsen ratings, Game 4 seventh, Game 5 eighth and Game 3 13th. Yoshinobu Yamamoto holds the World Series MVP trophy after Game 7. Photograph: Ashley Landis/AP The game averaged 11.6m in Canada on Sportsnet and the French-language TVA Sports. It was the most-watched, English-language broadcast since the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics."
"In Japan, where the deciding game had a 9m local start time, the average was 12m after last Friday's Game 6 where World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run in six innings averaged 13.1m, the most-watched World Series game on a single network in Japan. The entire seven-game series averaged 15.71m on Fox, a 2% increase from last year's Dodgers-Yankees series. It is the first time since 2015 and 16 the World Series has had audience increases two straight years."
World Series Game 7, a 5-4 Dodgers victory in 11 innings, averaged 51 million viewers across the United States, Canada and Japan. The U.S. telecast on Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox streaming averaged 27.33 million and ranked as the second most-watched broadcast of the week per Nielsen. The Game 7 figure was the most-watched Fall Classic game since 1991 and represented a 16% increase over the previous Game 7. Canada averaged 11.6 million and Japan averaged 12 million for the deciding game. The full seven-game series averaged 15.71 million on Fox, and the complete U.S. average was 16.1 million.
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