World Series Game 3 averages 13.64 million, beats 'Monday Night
Football'
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[October 30, 2024]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The
World Series beat “Monday Night Football” in the battle for television
viewers.
The Los Angeles Dodgers' 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 3
of the Fall Classic averaged 13.64 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes
and streaming according to early numbers by Nielsen. That beat the 13.4
million that tuned in for the Pittsburgh Steelers' 26-18 win over the
New York Giants on ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN2 and streaming. |
Los Angeles Dodgers' Gavin Lux (9), Kiké Hernández (8), Tommy Edman (25)
and Mookie Betts (50) celebrate after Game 3 of the baseball World
Series against the New York Yankees, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in New York.
The Dodgers won 4-2. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) |
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The audience for Yankees-Dodgers peaked at
14.25 million from 9-9:15 p.m. EDT. It was the most-watched Game
3 since 2018, when the Dodgers' 18-inning victory over the Red
Sox average 13.3 million.
It is Fox's most-viewed prime time telecast on a Monday since
Game 5 of the 2013 Series between Boston and St. Louis (14.45
million).
It was the ninth time since 1986 that a World Series game was
played on a Monday night, but only the fourth that it went
head-to-head against “Monday Night Football” on network
television.
Last year marked the first time the NFL beat the Fall Classic on
Monday night. The Texas Rangers' 3-1 victory over the Arizona
Diamondbacks in Game 3 last year is the least-viewed World
Series game on record, averaging 8.13 million viewers. That same
night, Detroit's 26-14 victory over Las Vegas averaged 15.2
million on ESPN, ABC and ESPN Deportes.
Through three games, the World Series is averaging 14.42
million, its highest number in seven years.
The game had a 20.0 rating and 52 share in Los Angeles and 11.6
rating and 29 share in New York.
The rating is the percentage of television households tuned in.
The share refers to a percentage of the audience viewing it at
the time.
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