Telecasts · MLB

World Series Game 6 - Phillies vs Royals

Nielsen average audience: 54,860,000 viewers (final), per Wikipedia.

Aired: 1980-10-21 Tuesday
Networks: NBC
Teams: Phillies · Royals
Score: Philadelphia 4, Kansas City 1

54,860,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

single source · final

figures last changed 2026-08-23

Published figures

JSON

Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Wikipedia

54,860,000

40.0/60 (54.860 M viewers) Wikipedia, verbatim

1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

World Series by year

1968–2026

Record

54.9M 1980

This telecast

#1 of 288 Before Out-of-Home

Years on record

58 1968–2026

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
preliminary

328 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC

World Series Game 6, every year on record

This telecast: #1 of 28 Game 6 telecasts in the Before Out-of-Home era

Big Data + Panel

2025FOX17,682,000

Panel + Out-of-Home

2022FOX12,549,000
2021FOX14,140,000
2020FOX12,819,000

28 earlier Game 6 telecasts

Before Out-of-Home

2019FOX16,551,000
2017FOX22,229,000
2016FOX23,396,000
2014FOX13,372,000
2013FOX19,178,000
2011FOX21,065,000
2009FOX22,339,000
2003FOX23,240,000
2002FOX19,221,000
2001FOX22,672,000
1997NBC23,740,000
1996FOX30,440,000
1995NBC30,280,000
1993CBS29,050,000
1992CBS35,000,000
1991CBS40,830,000
1987ABC29,090,000
1986NBC44,510,000
1985ABC34,860,000
1982NBC32,350,000
1980NBC54,860,000
1979ABC43,640,000
1978NBC50,600,000
1977ABC44,200,000
1975NBC41,570,000
1973NBC28,610,000
1972NBC30,048,000
1971NBC28,095,000

32 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC

Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
Year	Telecast	Avg audience
1968	World Series Game 3	24,780,000
1968	World Series Game 4	27,542,000
1969	World Series Game 1	14,920,000
1969	World Series Game 2	17,080,000
1969	World Series Game 3	11,290,000
1969	World Series Game 4	11,290,000
1969	World Series Game 5	11,290,000
1970	World Series Game 1	14,120,000
1970	World Series Game 2	13,400,000
1970	World Series Game 3	10,340,000
1970	World Series Game 4	10,340,000
1970	World Series Game 5	10,340,000
1971	World Series Game 1	24,778,000
1971	World Series Game 2	13,633,000
1971	World Series Game 3	13,633,000
1971	World Series Game 4	38,898,000
1971	World Series Game 5	13,633,000
1971	World Series Game 6	28,095,000
1971	World Series Game 7	37,420,000
1972	World Series Game 1	22,534,000
1972	World Series Game 2	27,331,000
1972	World Series Game 3	37,880,000
1972	World Series Game 4	38,210,000
1972	World Series Game 5	23,120,000
1972	World Series Game 6	30,048,000
1972	World Series Game 7	41,438,000
1973	World Series Game 1	27,444,000
1973	World Series Game 2	35,661,000
1973	World Series Game 3	38,030,000
1973	World Series Game 4	36,670,000
1973	World Series Game 5	37,364,000
1973	World Series Game 6	28,610,000
1973	World Series Game 7	39,935,000
1974	World Series Game 1	23,750,000
1974	World Series Game 2	30,470,000
1974	World Series Game 3	29,830,000
1974	World Series Game 4	29,760,000
1974	World Series Game 5	31,610,000
1975	World Series Game 1	20,990,000
1975	World Series Game 2	24,320,000
1975	World Series Game 3	37,910,000
1975	World Series Game 4	34,640,000
1975	World Series Game 5	40,710,000
1975	World Series Game 6	41,570,000
1975	World Series Game 7	51,560,000
1976	World Series Game 1	23,730,000
1976	World Series Game 3	36,250,000
1976	World Series Game 4	38,790,000
1977	World Series Game 1	36,960,000
1977	World Series Game 2	35,880,000
1977	World Series Game 3	37,410,000
1977	World Series Game 4	31,460,000
1977	World Series Game 5	37,010,000
1977	World Series Game 6	44,200,000
1978	World Series Game 1	43,510,000
1978	World Series Game 2	42,720,000
1978	World Series Game 3	43,810,000
1978	World Series Game 4	39,220,000
1978	World Series Game 5	45,870,000
1978	World Series Game 6	50,600,000
1979	World Series Game 1	38,140,000
1979	World Series Game 2	36,320,000
1979	World Series Game 3	31,420,000
1979	World Series Game 4	27,210,000
1979	World Series Game 5	39,090,000
1979	World Series Game 6	43,640,000
1979	World Series Game 7	49,890,000
1980	World Series Game 1	42,040,000
1980	World Series Game 2	42,990,000
1980	World Series Game 3	39,170,000
1980	World Series Game 4	29,320,000
1980	World Series Game 5	45,460,000
1980	World Series Game 6	54,860,000
1981	World Series Game 1	39,720,000
1981	World Series Game 2	39,110,000
1981	World Series Game 3	40,140,000
1981	World Series Game 4	37,970,000
1981	World Series Game 5	39,110,000
1982	World Series Game 1	37,460,000
1982	World Series Game 2	37,700,000
1982	World Series Game 3	32,890,000
1982	World Series Game 4	26,210,000
1982	World Series Game 5	48,990,000
1982	World Series Game 6	32,350,000
1982	World Series Game 7	49,930,000
1983	World Series Game 1	36,230,000
1983	World Series Game 2	34,550,000
1983	World Series Game 3	30,120,000
1983	World Series Game 4	20,260,000
1983	World Series Game 5	26,950,000
1984	World Series Game 1	33,860,000
1984	World Series Game 2	32,010,000
1984	World Series Game 3	26,810,000
1984	World Series Game 4	18,020,000
1984	World Series Game 5	28,580,000
1985	World Series Game 1	31,510,000
1985	World Series Game 2	31,770,000
1985	World Series Game 3	32,800,000
1985	World Series Game 4	35,040,000
1985	World Series Game 5	30,950,000
1985	World Series Game 6	34,860,000
1985	World Series Game 7	45,000,000
1986	World Series Game 1	33,100,000
1986	World Series Game 2	32,340,000
1986	World Series Game 3	33,200,000
1986	World Series Game 4	34,490,000
1986	World Series Game 5	38,710,000
1986	World Series Game 6	44,510,000
1986	World Series Game 7	52,100,000
1987	World Series Game 1	30,570,000
1987	World Series Game 2	33,660,000
1987	World Series Game 3	34,990,000
1987	World Series Game 4	34,040,000
1987	World Series Game 5	32,550,000
1987	World Series Game 6	29,090,000
1987	World Series Game 7	51,180,000
1988	World Series Game 1	30,350,000
1988	World Series Game 2	34,700,000
1988	World Series Game 3	34,990,000
1988	World Series Game 4	33,960,000
1988	World Series Game 5	38,800,000
1989	World Series Game 1	25,030,000
1989	World Series Game 2	25,410,000
1989	World Series Game 3	26,610,000
1989	World Series Game 4	21,640,000
1990	World Series Game 1	28,600,000
1990	World Series Game 2	30,570,000
1990	World Series Game 3	28,720,000
1990	World Series Game 4	32,910,000
1991	World Series Game 1	26,310,000
1991	World Series Game 2	30,840,000
1991	World Series Game 3	33,170,000
1991	World Series Game 4	32,100,000
1991	World Series Game 5	33,180,000
1991	World Series Game 6	40,830,000
1991	World Series Game 7	50,340,000
1992	World Series Game 1	25,020,000
1992	World Series Game 2	29,590,000
1992	World Series Game 3	29,980,000
1992	World Series Game 4	26,410,000
1992	World Series Game 5	31,230,000
1992	World Series Game 6	35,000,000
1993	World Series Game 1	23,100,000
1993	World Series Game 2	25,200,000
1993	World Series Game 3	20,570,000
1993	World Series Game 4	24,590,000
1993	World Series Game 5	26,110,000
1993	World Series Game 6	29,050,000
1995	World Series Game 1	25,150,000
1995	World Series Game 2	29,350,000
1995	World Series Game 3	28,720,000
1995	World Series Game 4	28,670,000
1995	World Series Game 5	31,710,000
1995	World Series Game 6	30,280,000
1996	World Series Game 1	23,690,000
1996	World Series Game 2	19,430,000
1996	World Series Game 3	23,990,000
1996	World Series Game 4	25,160,000
1996	World Series Game 5	28,520,000
1996	World Series Game 6	30,440,000
1997	World Series Game 1	16,810,000
1997	World Series Game 2	22,460,000
1997	World Series Game 3	22,190,000
1997	World Series Game 4	22,070,000
1997	World Series Game 5	24,200,000
1997	World Series Game 6	23,740,000
1997	World Series Game 7	37,990,000
1998	World Series Game 1	18,740,000
1998	World Series Game 2	17,860,000
1998	World Series Game 3	21,970,000
1998	World Series Game 4	23,390,000
1999	World Series Game 1	22,035,000
1999	World Series Game 2	22,825,000
1999	World Series Game 3	24,116,000
1999	World Series Game 4	25,848,000
2000	World Series Game 1	17,556,000
2000	World Series Game 2	19,045,000
2000	World Series Game 3	17,453,000
2000	World Series Game 4	17,611,000
2000	World Series Game 5	18,927,000
2001	World Series Game 1	16,476,000
2001	World Series Game 2	23,550,000
2001	World Series Game 3	23,407,000
2001	World Series Game 4	23,692,000
2001	World Series Game 5	21,323,000
2001	World Series Game 6	22,672,000
2001	World Series Game 7	39,084,000
2002	World Series Game 1	15,457,000
2002	World Series Game 2	19,368,000
2002	World Series Game 3	17,043,000
2002	World Series Game 4	18,085,000
2002	World Series Game 5	15,840,000
2002	World Series Game 6	19,221,000
2002	World Series Game 7	30,814,000
2003	World Series Game 1	17,687,000
2003	World Series Game 2	20,552,000
2003	World Series Game 3	18,889,000
2003	World Series Game 4	20,885,000
2003	World Series Game 5	19,919,000
2003	World Series Game 6	23,240,000
2004	World Series Game 1	23,168,000
2004	World Series Game 2	25,463,000
2004	World Series Game 3	24,422,000
2004	World Series Game 4	28,844,000
2005	World Series Game 1	15,015,000
2005	World Series Game 2	17,190,000
2005	World Series Game 3	16,652,000
2005	World Series Game 4	19,979,000
2006	World Series Game 1	12,840,000
2006	World Series Game 2	18,165,000
2006	World Series Game 3	15,582,000
2006	World Series Game 4	16,113,000
2006	World Series Game 5	16,277,000
2007	World Series Game 1	16,897,000
2007	World Series Game 2	16,950,000
2007	World Series Game 3	14,055,000
2007	World Series Game 4	20,946,000
2008	World Series Game 1	14,634,000
2008	World Series Game 2	12,777,000
2008	World Series Game 3	9,836,000
2008	World Series Game 4	15,479,000
2008	World Series Game 5	15,787,000
2009	World Series Game 1	19,511,000
2009	World Series Game 2	18,897,000
2009	World Series Game 3	15,397,000
2009	World Series Game 4	22,761,000
2009	World Series Game 5	17,092,000
2009	World Series Game 6	22,339,000
2010	World Series Game 1	15,009,000
2010	World Series Game 2	14,130,000
2010	World Series Game 3	11,460,000
2010	World Series Game 4	15,537,000
2010	World Series Game 5	14,950,000
2011	World Series Game 1	14,174,000
2011	World Series Game 2	14,280,000
2011	World Series Game 3	11,247,000
2011	World Series Game 4	15,156,000
2011	World Series Game 5	14,324,000
2011	World Series Game 6	21,065,000
2011	World Series Game 7	25,403,000
2012	World Series Game 1	12,240,000
2012	World Series Game 2	12,340,000
2012	World Series Game 3	10,471,000
2012	World Series Game 4	15,485,000
2013	World Series Game 1	14,400,000
2013	World Series Game 2	13,429,000
2013	World Series Game 3	12,473,000
2013	World Series Game 4	15,975,000
2013	World Series Game 5	14,446,000
2013	World Series Game 6	19,178,000
2014	World Series Game 1	12,191,000
2014	World Series Game 2	12,917,000
2014	World Series Game 3	12,133,000
2014	World Series Game 4	10,742,000
2014	World Series Game 5	12,635,000
2014	World Series Game 6	13,372,000
2014	World Series Game 7	23,517,000
2015	World Series Game 1	14,944,000
2015	World Series Game 2	13,722,000
2015	World Series Game 3	13,205,000
2015	World Series Game 4	13,587,000
2015	World Series Game 5	17,206,000
2016	World Series Game 1	19,368,000
2016	World Series Game 2	17,395,000
2016	World Series Game 3	19,384,000
2016	World Series Game 4	16,705,000
2016	World Series Game 5	23,638,000
2016	World Series Game 6	23,396,000
2016	World Series Game 7	40,045,000
2017	World Series Game 1	14,968,000
2017	World Series Game 2	15,483,000
2017	World Series Game 3	15,676,000
2017	World Series Game 4	15,400,000
2017	World Series Game 5	18,940,000
2017	World Series Game 6	22,229,000
2017	World Series Game 7	28,240,000
2018	World Series Game 1	13,761,000
2018	World Series Game 2	13,458,000
2018	World Series Game 3	13,251,000
2018	World Series Game 4	13,563,000
2018	World Series Game 5	17,634,000
2019	World Series Game 1	12,194,000
2019	World Series Game 2	11,925,000
2019	World Series Game 3	12,220,000
2019	World Series Game 4	10,219,000
2019	World Series Game 5	11,390,000
2019	World Series Game 6	16,551,000
2019	World Series Game 7	23,217,000
2020	World Series Game 1	9,353,000
2020	World Series Game 2	9,184,000
2020	World Series Game 3	8,339,000
2020	World Series Game 4	9,563,000
2020	World Series Game 5	10,288,000
2020	World Series Game 6	12,819,000
2021	World Series Game 1	10,934,000
2021	World Series Game 2	10,434,000
2021	World Series Game 3	11,469,000
2021	World Series Game 4	10,789,000
2021	World Series Game 5	13,821,000
2021	World Series Game 6	14,140,000
2022	World Series Game 1	11,475,000
2022	World Series Game 2	10,789,000
2022	World Series Game 3	11,162,000
2022	World Series Game 4	11,809,000
2022	World Series Game 5	12,786,000
2022	World Series Game 6	12,549,000
2023	World Series Game 1	9,172,000
2023	World Series Game 2	8,153,000
2023	World Series Game 3	8,126,000
2023	World Series Game 4	8,480,000
2023	World Series Game 5	11,481,000
2024	World Series Game 1	14,163,000
2024	World Series Game 2	13,713,000
2024	World Series Game 3	13,208,000
2024	World Series Game 4	16,275,000
2024	World Series Game 5	18,152,000
2025	World Series Game 1	12,499,000
2025	World Series Game 2	11,399,000
2025	World Series Game 3	11,410,000
2025	World Series Game 4	14,520,000
2025	World Series Game 5	14,570,000
2025	World Series Game 6	17,682,000
2025	World Series Game 7	26,880,000
2026	World Series Game 1	12,260,000
2026	World Series Game 2	10,854,000
2026	World Series Game 3	8,300,000
2026	World Series Game 4	13,480,000
2026	World Series Game 5	14,220,000

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