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Most of the gains are due to the first two rounds. The AL
Championship Series on Fox, Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes and
streaming averaged 4.99 million viewers across the seven games.
That is even with last year's ALCS on TNT Sports, where the New
York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians in five games.
Fox and TNT Sports alternate leagues each season.
TNT Sports was hurt by the Los Angeles Dodgers posting a
four-game sweep over the Milwaukee Brewers, and Shohei Ohtani's
epic three-homer game and 10-strikeout performance in Game 4
taking place on a Friday night and averaging 3.51 million.
The series averaged 4.7 million, a 17% decline from last year's
six-game series between the New York Mets and Dodgers on Fox.
The Blue Jays 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners in Game 7
averaged 9.03 million, making it the most-watched ALCS game in
eight years. The audience peaked at 12.35 million for the ninth
inning.
MLB has also seen substantial growth in Canada and Japan.
Toronto's victory putting it in the World Series for the first
time since 1993 averaged 6 million in Canada and was the
most-watched Blue Jays game on Sportsnet in Canada.
Ohtani’s outstanding performance in Game 4 averaged 10.26
million viewers in Japan, the second most-watched LCS game in
the country's history. The 16-hour time difference between Tokyo
and Los Angeles meant the game was taking place on Saturday
morning in Japan.
The NLCS averaged an LCS record 7.34 million in Japan, a 26%
increase over last year as fans continue to follow Ohtani,
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, in record numbers.
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