Telecasts · MLB
Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees
910,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
final · figures last changed 2021-04-03
Published figures
JSON ↓Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / TV only · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
Thursday's Blue Jays-Yankees Major League Baseball opener averaged 910,000 viewers on ESPN, up 29% from 2019 (Orioles-Yankees: 704K) and the most-watched afternoon game on Opening Day since 2017 — the last time the season opened on a Sunday.Sports Media Watch, verbatim
910,000
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
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press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
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