NLCS Game 5 - Cardinals vs Dodgers
Nielsen average audience: 3,730,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.
- Aired
- 2013-10-16 Wednesday
- Networks
- TBS
3,730,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27
Published figures
JSONNielsen1 figure
3,730,000
3.73MSports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider
NLCS by year
2002–2025Record
26.5M 2003
This telecast
#95 of 101 Before Out-of-Home
Years on record
23 2002–2025
Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
- Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
- Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
- Big Data + Panelsince Sept 2025
111 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 22:05 UTC
NLCS Game 5, every year on record
This telecast: #15 of 15 Game 5 telecasts in the Before Out-of-Home era
Before Out-of-Home
15 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 22:05 UTC
| Year | Telecast | Avg audience |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | NLCS Game 1 | 12,160,000 |
| 2002 | NLCS Game 2 | 8,950,000 |
| 2002 | NLCS Game 3 | 6,740,000 |
| 2002 | NLCS Game 4 | 10,640,000 |
| 2002 | NLCS Game 5 | 10,310,000 |
| 2003 | NLCS Game 1 | 15,570,000 |
| 2003 | NLCS Game 2 | 18,430,000 |
| 2003 | NLCS Game 3 | 14,290,000 |
| 2003 | NLCS Game 4 | 11,340,000 |
| 2003 | NLCS Game 5 | 12,640,000 |
| 2003 | NLCS Game 6 | 19,360,000 |
| 2003 | NLCS Game 7 | 26,510,000 |
| 2004 | NLCS Game 1 | 15,230,000 |
| 2004 | NLCS Game 2 | 8,470,000 |
| 2004 | NLCS Game 3 | 7,480,000 |
| 2004 | NLCS Game 4 | 10,020,000 |
| 2004 | NLCS Game 5 | 14,980,000 |
| 2004 | NLCS Game 6 | 10,260,000 |
| 2004 | NLCS Game 7 | 19,810,000 |
| 2005 | NLCS Game 1 | 13,510,000 |
| 2005 | NLCS Game 2 | 9,910,000 |
| 2005 | NLCS Game 3 | 5,130,000 |
| 2005 | NLCS Game 4 | 9,780,000 |
| 2005 | NLCS Game 5 | 11,610,000 |
| 2005 | NLCS Game 6 | 14,120,000 |
| 2006 | NLCS Game 1 | 8,510,000 |
| 2006 | NLCS Game 2 | 9,010,000 |
| 2006 | NLCS Game 3 | 7,510,000 |
| 2006 | NLCS Game 4 | 8,570,000 |
| 2006 | NLCS Game 5 | 11,120,000 |
| 2006 | NLCS Game 6 | 11,670,000 |
| 2006 | NLCS Game 7 | 16,530,000 |
| 2007 | NLCS Game 1 | 5,290,000 |
| 2007 | NLCS Game 3 | 5,160,000 |
| 2007 | NLCS Game 4 | 3,800,000 |
| 2008 | NLCS Game 1 | 7,740,000 |
| 2008 | NLCS Game 2 | 5,020,000 |
| 2008 | NLCS Game 3 | 8,840,000 |
| 2008 | NLCS Game 4 | 7,710,000 |
| 2008 | NLCS Game 5 | 8,030,000 |
| 2009 | NLCS Game 1 | 6,860,000 |
| 2009 | NLCS Game 2 | 4,430,000 |
| 2009 | NLCS Game 3 | 5,040,000 |
| 2009 | NLCS Game 4 | 5,640,000 |
| 2009 | NLCS Game 5 | 7,980,000 |
| 2010 | NLCS Game 1 | 7,130,000 |
| 2010 | NLCS Game 2 | 8,840,000 |
| 2010 | NLCS Game 3 | 5,040,000 |
| 2010 | NLCS Game 4 | 9,270,000 |
| 2010 | NLCS Game 5 | 11,200,000 |
| 2010 | NLCS Game 6 | 11,640,000 |
| 2011 | NLCS Game 1 | 3,350,000 |
| 2011 | NLCS Game 2 | 3,020,000 |
| 2011 | NLCS Game 3 | 4,280,000 |
| 2011 | NLCS Game 4 | 5,650,000 |
| 2011 | NLCS Game 5 | 5,460,000 |
| 2011 | NLCS Game 6 | 5,940,000 |
| 2012 | NLCS Game 1 | 6,800,000 |
| 2012 | NLCS Game 2 | 5,580,000 |
| 2012 | NLCS Game 3 | 3,900,000 |
| 2012 | NLCS Game 4 | 6,040,000 |
| 2012 | NLCS Game 5 | 7,110,000 |
| 2012 | NLCS Game 6 | 7,620,000 |
| 2012 | NLCS Game 7 | 8,110,000 |
| 2013 | NLCS Game 1 | 5,450,000 |
| 2013 | NLCS Game 2 | 3,450,000 |
| 2013 | NLCS Game 3 | 4,830,000 |
| 2013 | NLCS Game 4 | 5,790,000 |
| 2013 | NLCS Game 5 | 3,730,000 |
| 2013 | NLCS Game 6 | 6,010,000 |
| 2014 | NLCS Game 1 | 5,010,000 |
| 2014 | NLCS Game 2 | 4,370,000 |
| 2014 | NLCS Game 3 | 2,780,000 |
| 2014 | NLCS Game 4 | 5,090,000 |
| 2014 | NLCS Game 5 | 4,890,000 |
| 2015 | NLCS Game 1 | 7,890,000 |
| 2015 | NLCS Game 2 | 6,570,000 |
| 2015 | NLCS Game 3 | 9,220,000 |
| 2015 | NLCS Game 4 | 7,940,000 |
| 2016 | NLCS Game 1 | 5,940,000 |
| 2016 | NLCS Game 2 | 7,310,000 |
| 2016 | NLCS Game 3 | 6,510,000 |
| 2016 | NLCS Game 4 | 5,830,000 |
| 2016 | NLCS Game 5 | 7,190,000 |
| 2016 | NLCS Game 6 | 9,710,000 |
| 2017 | NLCS Game 1 | 6,330,000 |
| 2017 | NLCS Game 2 | 6,760,000 |
| 2017 | NLCS Game 3 | 6,010,000 |
| 2017 | NLCS Game 4 | 6,790,000 |
| 2017 | NLCS Game 5 | 5,230,000 |
| 2018 | NLCS Game 1 | 4,640,000 |
| 2018 | NLCS Game 2 | 4,650,000 |
| 2018 | NLCS Game 3 | 4,210,000 |
| 2018 | NLCS Game 4 | 4,090,000 |
| 2018 | NLCS Game 5 | 3,750,000 |
| 2018 | NLCS Game 6 | 5,780,000 |
| 2018 | NLCS Game 7 | 7,340,000 |
| 2019 | NLCS Game 1 | 4,650,000 |
| 2019 | NLCS Game 2 | 3,040,000 |
| 2019 | NLCS Game 3 | 3,650,000 |
| 2019 | NLCS Game 4 | 4,640,000 |
| 2021 | NLCS Game 6 | 6,950,000 |
| 2022 | NLCS Game 2 | 4,840,000 |
| 2022 | NLCS Game 3 | 4,880,000 |
| 2022 | NLCS Game 4 | 5,740,000 |
| 2023 | NLCS Game 4 | 5,390,000 |
| 2023 | NLCS Game 7 | 8,890,000 |
| 2024 | NLCS Game 1 | 8,264,000 |
| 2024 | NLCS Game 3 | 5,882,000 |
| 2024 | NLCS Game 6 | 6,272,000 |
| 2025 | NLCS Game 2 | 6,051,000 |
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