The game was seen by 11,475,000 viewers on Fox and 207,000 viewers on Fox Deportes last Friday night.
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies’ 6-5, 10-inning win over the Houston Astros in the World Series opener drew 11.68 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and the Fox Sports streaming app, the highest for Game 1 since 2019.
This year’s total was up 5% from the 10,934,000 who watched last year’s opener, a 6-2 Atlanta win over the Astros, and up 23% from the Game 1 record low set in 2020 when 9,353,000 watched the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Washington’s Game 1 win over Houston in 2019 was seen by 12,283,000.
Viewers peaked at 51,560,000 for Game 7 of the 1975 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. Totals declined with the rise of cable television and then of streaming services, giving viewers more choices.
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