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MLB

1,300 telecasts with figures · 1,396 published claims
1,300
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-10-29

Top events · MLB

Full chart
1
World Series Game 5
2026-10-28 · FOX
14,220,000
MLB
2
World Series Game 4
2026-10-27 · FOX
13,476,000
MLB
3
World Series Game 1
2026-10-23 · FOX
12,260,000
MLB
4
World Series Game 2
2026-10-24 · FOX
10,854,000
MLB
5
Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers
2026-10-11 · FOX
10,720,000
MLB
6
World Series Game 3
2026-10-26 · FOX
8,328,000
MLB
7
Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers
2026-10-12 · FOX · FS1
7,040,000
MLB
8
Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers
2026-10-14 · FS1
6,740,000
MLB
9
Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers
2026-10-15 · FS1
6,135,000
MLB
10
Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers
2026-10-03 · FOX
5,370,000
MLB

Top teams

by most-watched telecast
1
Phillies
World Series Game 6 · 1980-10-21
54,860,000
143 telecasts
2
Royals
World Series Game 5 · 1980-10-19
45,460,000
49 telecasts
3
Red Sox
World Series Game 7 · 1986-10-27
52,100,000
162 telecasts
4
Mets
World Series Game 3 · 1973-10-16
38,030,000
105 telecasts
5
Reds
World Series Game 4 · 1976-10-21
38,790,000
44 telecasts

Top networks

by most-watched telecast
1
NBC
World Series Game 6 · 1980-10-21
54,860,000
124 telecasts
2
ABC
World Series Game 7 · 1987-10-25
51,180,000
51 telecasts
3
CBS
World Series Game 5 · 1991-10-24
33,180,000
23 telecasts
4
FOX
ALCS Game 7 · 2004-10-20
31,460,000
359 telecasts
5
TBS
ALCS Game 6 · 2010-10-22
11,860,000
196 telecasts

Telecasts with figures

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date

date the telecast's air date. On a series row, the year.

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telecast

telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one.

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figure

figure the telecast's lead figure: Nielsen average audience, full telecast, as published. Blank when Nielsen has not published one.

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2019-08-26St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers671,000
2019-08-25New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers2,390,000
2019-08-18Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves508,000
2019-08-18Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates1,760,000
2019-08-17Houston Astros at Oakland Athletics275,000
2019-08-17Milwaukee Brewers at Washington Nationals222,000
2019-08-14Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies522,000
2019-08-12Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians785,000
2019-08-11Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants1,310,000
2019-08-07Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates522,000
2019-08-05Oakland Athletics at Chicago Cubs635,000
2019-08-04Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs493,000
2019-08-04Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees2,210,000
2019-08-03Los Angeles Angels at Cleveland Indians471,000
2019-08-03Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees587,000
2019-07-31Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals1,050,000
2019-07-29Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals819,000
2019-07-22Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays524,000
2019-07-21Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves1,330,000
2019-07-21Colorado Rockies at New York Yankees416,000
2019-07-20Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves343,000
2019-07-20New York Mets at San Francisco Giants270,000
2019-07-15Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies665,000
2019-07-14Los Angeles Dodgers at Boston Red Sox2,030,000
2019-07-14Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies323,000
2019-07-11Houston Astros at Texas Rangers1,200,000
2019-07-09MLB All-Star Game8,140,000
2019-07-06Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox2,410,000
2019-07-04Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates826,000
2019-06-29New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox2,860,000
2019-06-23Los Angeles Angels at St. Louis Cardinals1,280,000
2019-06-22Houston Astros at New York Yankeessplit window2,910,000
2019-06-17San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers786,000
2019-06-16Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers1,840,000
2019-06-15Arizona Diamondbacks at Washington Nationals207,000
2019-06-09St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs1,570,000
2019-06-08New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians703,000
2019-05-29Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros977,000
2019-05-27New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers725,000
2019-05-27Cleveland Indians at Boston Red Sox759,000
2019-05-27Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals521,000
2019-05-25Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants252,000
2019-05-21Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants397,000
2019-05-21Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs768,000
2019-05-19Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals1,310,000
2019-05-18Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels214,000
2019-05-15St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves516,000
2019-05-13Milwaukee Brewers at Philadelphia Phillies794,000
2019-05-12Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs1,710,000
2019-05-11Cleveland Indians at Oakland Athletics394,000
2019-05-08Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees471,000
2019-05-06Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals504,000
2019-05-05St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs1,810,000
2019-05-04Oakland Athletics at Pittsburgh Pirates399,000
2019-05-01Houston Astros at Minnesota Twins588,000
2019-04-29Oakland Athletics at Boston Red Sox495,000
2019-04-28Cleveland Indians at Houston Astros1,230,000
2019-04-27Cleveland Indians at Houston Astros312,000
2019-04-27Milwaukee Brewers at New York Mets276,000
2019-04-21Atlanta Braves at Cleveland Indians1,090,000
2019-04-20Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers514,000
2019-04-20San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates296,000
2019-04-14New York Mets at Atlanta Braves1,230,000
2019-04-09Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox425,000
2019-04-07Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies1,500,000
2019-04-06Texas Rangers at Los Angeles Angels294,000
2019-04-06Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers385,000
2019-04-03Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves768,000
2019-04-01St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates480,000
2019-04-01San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers474,000
2019-04-01Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians179,000
2019-03-31Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies1,870,000
2019-03-31Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers489,000
2019-03-30San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres248,000
2019-03-28Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers538,000
2019-03-28Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners1,190,000
2019-03-28Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees704,000
2019-03-21Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics311,000
2018World Series - Dodgers vs Red Sox5 games
2018-10-23World Series Game 113,761,000
2018-10-24World Series Game 213,458,000
2018-10-26World Series Game 313,251,000
2018-10-27World Series Game 413,563,000
2018-10-28World Series Game 517,634,000
2018-10-20NLCS Game 77,340,000
2018-10-19NLCS Game 65,780,000
2018-10-18ALCS Game 56,520,000
2018-10-17ALCS Game 46,180,000
2018-10-17NLCS Game 53,750,000
2018-10-16ALCS Game 34,870,000
2018-10-16NLCS Game 44,090,000
2018-10-15NLCS Game 34,210,000
2018-10-14ALCS Game 25,660,000
2018-10-13ALCS Game 15,820,000
2018-10-13NLCS Game 24,650,000
2018-10-12NLCS Game 14,640,000
2018-10-01Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs2,530,000
2018-10-01Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers2,690,000
2018-09-29Detroit Tigers at Milwaukee Brewers613,000
2018-09-23Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians1,030,000
2018-09-22San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinalssplit window1,210,000