Houston Strong: 2017 World Series Is Third-Biggest Draw in 10 Years
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The 2017 World Series was a blast, both literally and figuratively, and while Game 7 was something of an anticlimax in light of all the drama that preceded it, the final ratings numbers exceeded all expectations.
Houston’s 5-1 victory Wednesday night gave the ball club its first MLB title since it entered the National League as an expansion team back in 1962. And if the game was hardly a gem (the Astros scored enough runs in the top of the first to win the contest outright), advertisers could hardly be disappointed by the size of the audience that tuned in to Fox’s coverage.
According to Nielsen live-same-day data, baseball’s season finale averaged 28.2 million viewers and a 15.8 household rating, beating out two of Fox’s five previous Game 7 broadcasts. In 2014, the San Francisco Giants clinched against the Kansas City Royals by a 3-2 margin in a game that averaged 23.5 million viewers and a 13.7 household rating, while 25.4 million viewers watched the St. Louis Cardinals close the books on the 2011 Fall Classic with their 6-2 victory over the Texas Rangers. That game did a 14.7 rating.
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