Red Sox-Dodgers World Series averages 14.1 million viewers

[BillyWilliams]

I wonder why? It doesn't really make sense with two historic franchises involved, especially with 2 top ten television markets.

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25130314/boston-red-sox-los-angeles-dodgers-world-series-ratings-down

[Northern Star]

It's been under 20 mil for most of the 2000s, except for spiking in 2016 because people wanted to see the Cubs make history. I can't say for sure, but factors probably include the games starting at 8.30 or so on the east coast, the length of the games, dislike of Fox's coverage, and perhaps people are tiring of baseball in general. Also, there's been a lot of talk of MLB failing to properly market its big stars like Trout. IIRC, in a recent survey naming the 100 top sports stars, only two or three were baseball players and none was an active player.

 

Attendance has plateaued in the low 70 millions, but dropped to 69 million this season. MLB might have a problem on its hands.

[Station 13]

Imagine how much lower it was some Brewers vs Houston match up!

[moonslav59]

Fake news!

 

There were millions waiting outside the gaits to get into MLB games all year long!

 

Damn media! They are the enemy of the fans.

[Youk Of The Nation]

I wonder how much of the dropoff is due to people accessing games illegally and not being counted. There are a lot of unlicensed sites online providing TV coverage of blacked out sports games. Also, does this include radio listeners? I listened to the entire WS on the radio because that's how I prefer baseball.

[Thunder]

I wonder how much of the dropoff is due to people accessing games illegally and not being counted. There are a lot of unlicensed sites online providing TV coverage of blacked out sports games. Also, does this include radio listeners? I listened to the entire WS on the radio because that's how I prefer baseball.

 

World Series games wouldn't be blacked out since they are on national television. A couple people I know that don't have TVs in their dorm rooms were using these streaming sites. That seems like the more realistic explanation for illegal access. As for radio, I enjoy it to, and don't listen to games nearly as much as I would like, but it seems like a dying art.

[Northern Star]

Fake news!

 

There were millions waiting outside the gaits to get into MLB games all year long!

 

Damn media! They are the enemy of the fans.

 

Don't go there, girlfriend....