Game 5 of the World Series draws 20 million viewers, second best Game 5 since 2003

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Up against last year’s SNF beating Chicago Cubs 2-3 win over the Cleveland Indians Game 5 of October 30, 2016, last night’s Game 5 saw a decline of 16% in MM ratings. However, as the second best Game 5 MM result in 14 years, compared to the Game 5 of the 2015 and 2014 World Series, last night was up 9% and 56% respectively. Night to night, Game 5 of the 2017 World Series was up a strong 20% from the Dodgers’ winning Game 4, which was on a far less competitive Saturday night and topped comparable 2016 results.

The real glory might be in how Dodgers fever has truly overtaken the town. Locally, last night’s Game 5 scored a 38.2/52 in the L.A. market. That’s the best any baseball broadcast has done in the market since the 42.0/16 of Game 7 of the 2002 World Series, which saw the Anaheim Angels win their first MLB championship.

In the end, last year’s World Series Game 5 scored 23.6 million viewers and a 6.7/19 rating among adults 18-49. That October 30, 2016 result was the best any Game 5 has done in total sets of eyeballs since 1997. Beaten by MLB, the SNF of that night last year delivered a 6.5/19 key demo rating and an audience of 18.02 million.

Facing the heavily marketed 100th episode of Walking Dead, last week’s SNF drew a 6.5/22 rating in the final numbers and 19.24 million sets of eyeballs.

In the fast affiliates, SNF garnered a 4.3/13 rating among adults 18-49 and 12.67 million viewers to the World Series Game 5’s 5.5/17 and audience of 20 million. Those numbers will all be adjusted in the final numbers expected later today but Fox looks pretty sure to win the night.

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