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Dodgers’ Game 1 marks the most watched World Series game in five years
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Dodgers’ Game 1 marks the most watched World Series game in five years

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers Dramatic 6-3 victory over the Yankees in Game 1 The first game of Friday night’s World Series, which ended with Freddie Freeman’s grand slam in the 10th inning, averaged 15.2 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes, Univision and streaming, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game in five years.

Attendance reached 15 million for only the fourth time in 36 World Series games since 2018. The last game before Friday was the seventh and deciding game of the 2019 series. Washington’s 6-2 victory over Houston The average for his first championship was 23 million.

According to Nielsen, attendance reached 17.8 million from the 10th inning to the end of the game.

This was a 62 percent increase from last year’s first game between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks. Rangers beat Diamondbacks 6-5 It was the least-watched Game 1 in history, averaging 9.35 million points over 11 innings.

Friday’s game was Los Angeles’ No. 1 most-watched game since a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros in 2017, averaging 15.33 million viewers. It was also the most-watched Friday broadcast on Fox since Game 3 in 2017 (15.68 million).

The game had 19.1 ratings and 58 shares in Los Angeles and 13.2 ratings and 37 shares in New York.

Rating is the percentage of households that watch television. Share refers to the percentage of viewers watching television at that time.