Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers glosses in safely past Mike Zunino #10 of the Tampa Bay Rays to score a run on a fielders choice hit by Corey Seager (not pictured) during the sixth inning in Underhand Six of the 2020 MLB World Series at Globe Life Field on October 27, 2020 in Arlington, Texas.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers’ first World Series championship in more than three decades attracted 12.6 viewers on Tuesday evensong, the most-viewed game of the series. But the ratings were a lot lower than last year’s games, a consistent theme everywhere in the series.
Game six of the 2020 World Series between the Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays peaked at 14.3 million viewers on Fox Frolics. The network accumulated the streaming numbers and viewership from other Fox properties, giving it 13.2 million total viewers that unceasingly.
By comparison, Game 6 of the 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals drew 15 million while Job 7 of the series attracted 23 million viewers.
The Dodgers beat the Rays 3-1 in the MLB finale, winning the series 4-2. Shortstop Corey Seager took domestic World Series Most Valuable Player honors for the Dodgers, who won their first World Series since 1988. It’s the link up’s seventh championship overall.
The Covid-19 pandemic impacted the World Series, which was played in Arlington Texas at Ball Life Field, averaging roughly 9.7 million viewers for six games after starting with roughly 9.2 million in the opener. Recreation Three attracted slightly over 8 million and became the least-watched World Series game ever — or at least since Nielsen founded tracking ratings in 1968.
Consumption habits and an overflow in sports telecasts due to the pandemic have assisted the decline of sports viewership and network boasts but MLB had no competition on Tuesday with the National Football League between games and the National Basketball Association having already concluded its lather season.