The Dodgers-Yankees World Series matchup is already proving it’ll be a record breaker for Fox. The Los Angeles Dodgers bested the New York Yankees in Game 1 to an audience of 15.2M viewers on Friday night, giving the network a significant boost over its average primetime audience.
It was up 62% versus the 2023 World Series Game 1, when 9.4M viewers watched the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the Texas Rangers.
In fact, it was the most-watched World Series Game 1 since 2017, when the Dodgers played the Houston Astros with 15.3M tuned in.
That Series would end up averaging nearly 19M viewers. This is a positive sign for the rest of the Series, which will likely be the most-watched in several years.
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