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New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs

Nielsen average audience: 2,830,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2026-08-01 Saturday
Networks
FOX
Away
Cubs
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2,830,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
single source · final
figures last changed 2026-08-07

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure
average audience
full telecast / split window (“Yankees-Cubs in most markets”) · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
2,830,000
… last weekend's FOX regional window (Yankees-Cubs in most markets) averaged a 1.4 rating and 2.83 million viewers, the network's second-largest audience of the season. Sports Media Watch, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Prior-season comparable

1,600,000
Atlanta Braves at Cincinnati Reds
2025-08-02 · FOX · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+76.9% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on FOX, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

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