sport news Rangers-Diamondbacks World Series ratings were lowest EVER with just 9.11 ... trends now
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The Texas Rangers' 5-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks for the their first ever championship on Wednesday night drew the largest audience of this World Series.
However, it was not enough to prevent the five-game series from being the least-watched Fall Classic in recorded TV history.
Nielsen and Fox said on Thursday the World Series averaged 9.11million viewers, less than the 9.79M average from the 2020 series, when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays in six games.
It was a 23 percent decline from last year's series, when the Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games and averaged 11.78M.
Wednesday night's game averaged 11.48M on Fox, a jump of 3M compared to Tuesday night's audience. The total audience across Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox streaming platforms was 11.64M.
The World Series averaged 9.11M viewers this year, 23 percent less than last year's Fall Classic
Wednesday's Game 5 averaged 11.48M on Fox, a jump of 3M compared to Tuesday's audience
It was the first audience over 10M for this year's series. Monday night's Game 3 set the record for the least-watched World Series game on record at 8.13M.
The audience peaked with 14.27M viewers for the final three outs.
Baseball and network executives figured this year's series might face a tough audience because of two teams that don't have much national appeal. The expanded playoffs also meant it was a series matching the teams
